There was a time, before peer-to-peer business models and the gig economy that made services like Uber and Lyft synonymous with catching a ride, when a taxicab was the only choice in door-to-door local travel.

Yellow taxis were a fixture at airport curbs, bus and train depots, and busy city streets, sporting an illuminated sign on the roof to let riders know of their availability.

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