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(詳細はpublic transport in Mexico, notably at Mexico City, with very low fares compared to that in more economically developed countries (about 90% lower). Is estimated to be a fleet of more than 100,000 taxis,〔http://www.setravi.df.gob.mx/wb/stv/estadisticas〕 making it the biggest taxicabs fleet in the world. ==History== Modern taxicabs in the country had their origin in 1970, when the government took measures in order to give Mexico City an affordable, cheap and small taxi transport, instead of the big cars used through the 50's and 60's. The Volkswagen Sedán (Beetle type 1) was the car selected to serve as taxicabs. They were coloured with yellow panels and white roofs. During the late 70's, however, other automobiles started to run as taxis, such as the Nissan Tsuru and the Datsun 160J. Sometime in the early 90's, government decided to change taxi and other public transport such as Peseros panel colour to green, in order to give an impression of "ecologic transport". VWs started to be called "taxis ecológicos" (ecological taxis). Soon, very few yellow taxis were running by the city. Nowadays, it is still possible to see some of them occasionally(Now the Yellow Color Scheme is used by a private airport taxicab Company called "Yellow Cab" and another called "Sitio-300" Both of them are working as Special Airport Taxi Service). In 2003, government decided to change once more the colours of the taxicabs, and finally, retire the old 2-door VWs and replace them with 4-door saloons or subcompacts, such as the Nissan Platina and the Hyundai Atos. The colour would change to a full white coloured car with a red stripe on both sides of the panels. A few years later, in September 2008, the government decided to change the colours once again, this time the taxis are maroon with golden rooftops and a row of the city symbol, the Angel of Independence. However, VW Beetles are still very common, at a point that are probably the most popular taxicab in the country. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taxicabs of Mexico」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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