The Origin and Evolving Process of Taxi Services
Have you ever wondered why people refer to cab services by the name taxi services? Have you ever wondered why they refer to the cabs as taxis? Have you ever wondered why most of the taxis in many countries are painted yellow? - Grass Valley Taxi to Airport Taxi services are dated back to the seventeenth century in Paris and London. People back then started using the hackney carriage services that were drawn by horses. People hired the horse ride to get to far destinations. From this idea came the concept of taxi service in the later years. You might be asking why then did they decide to call them taxi? The name taxi originated from a French word coined by the first man to import cabs, Harry Allen of New York. He referred to them as taximeter cabriolet. Cabriolet was a French word used to mean a carriage. The taximeter was a mechanical device that was used to calculate the fare that a passenger would have to pay for using the transport. So the prefix taxi- in the name taximete...