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    New York's licensed taxi cabs are famously yellow and London's are famously black. What other cities have a specific colour for their taxis?

    Question #108165. Asked by gmackematix. (Aug 20 09 8:03 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		During the 1990’s, Mexico City’s government ruled that all cabs should run using unleaded gasoline. As part of that ‘green drive’, they also made it law for the new unleaded cabs to be painted in green and white. For a while, the city had a mixture of yellow and green VW Beetles operating as taxis, until, by the turn of the century, almost all street cabs in the capital were green and white and the iconic yellow Beetles were nowhere to be seen.

    http://www.mexperience.co.uk/blogs/mexicoinsight/?p=119

    In the past year, there has been a increase in assaults on passengers in taxis. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City recommends that only airport, tourist or CTO taxis (taxis from authorized taxi stands) be used. "Green and white" taxis and Volkswagen-style roving taxis should be avoided.

    http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/511-mexico-travelers-s-summary-profile

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/14/MNUO12PGIR.DTL&type=science

    Aug 20 09, 10:34 PM

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