Tetra Images / Getty Images The streets of New York City are known for its famous yellow ... a cab owner can lease the ...

Checker Motors would later emerge as a bitter rival to the Yellow Cab Company ... efficient cars. Eventually, the Chevrolet Caprice would be the most common vehicle used for taxi service.

The Indianapolis Yellow Cab Company added 50 luxury taxi cabs to its fleet in 1984 as part of a test program from General Motors.

Every new yellow taxi in New ... the costs along to cab owners who are already struggling financially from competition with Uber and Lyft, which had a combined 81,319 cars on city streets as ...

After ravaging New York City's yellow cab industry, Uber is now taking steps ... as the latest step in a global effort to work with the taxi industry to unlock new markets. It already has similar ...