{"id":8542,"date":"2026-05-13T05:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotaxi24.sk\/?p=8542"},"modified":"2026-05-15T01:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:15:19","slug":"the-history-of-taxi-in-bratislava-and-its-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gotaxi24.sk\/en\/historia-taxi-v-bratislave-a-jej-buducnost\/","title":{"rendered":"The history of taxi in Bratislava and its future"},"content":{"rendered":"

The taxi industry has been around a lot longer than most people think. The history of taxis began long before the automobile, and today we are on the cusp of its greatest revolution in history. What awaits us on the streets of Bratislava?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From carriages to the first taxis (17th-19th century)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The roots of today's taxi service date back to the 17th century. The first documented horse-drawn carriage hire appeared in London around 1605 and in Paris shortly afterwards in 1637. These so-called 'carriage carriages' were first seen in the early 1750s. hackney carriages<\/strong> - licensed carriages for hire - they were the direct ancestors of today's taxis. However, they exclusively served the wealthier classes and were too expensive for the common man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A significant improvement was brought about in the 19th century by Joseph Hansom, who designed a smaller and lighter carriage pulled by a single horse. Hansom cab<\/strong> became very popular - it was more mobile in the city streets and more accessible to the wider public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interesting fact: the word \u201etaxi\u201c is an abbreviation of the word taxicab<\/strong>, which is formed by combining the words taxameter<\/em> (fare meter) and cabriolet<\/em> (French for open carriage). Thus, the concept of taxi existed before the automobile.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Daimler Victoria and the birth of the motorised taxi (1891-1907)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The real revolution came at the end of the 19th century. In the 1891<\/strong> invented by the German inventor Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn taxameter<\/strong> - a mechanical device that accurately measured the distance travelled and calculated the fare. Six years later, in 1897<\/strong>, Gottlieb Daimler built the first production motorized taxi - Daimler Victoria<\/strong> - equipped with this taximeter, and delivered it to Stuttgart businessman Friedrich Greiner. Thus the world's first motorised taxi service was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trend spread quickly from Germany. In 1899, entrepreneur Georges Bouton launched the first petrol taxi capable of carrying four passengers in Paris. In 1907, the motorized taxi also arrived in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was here that he wrote another chapter of history John Hertz<\/strong>: after reading a University of Chicago study that found yellow to be the most visible color on the road, he introduced the iconic yellow color for his fleet, and thus was born the legendary Yellow Cab<\/strong> (yellow cab).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Radio, GPS and smartphones: technological milestones for the taxi industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Taxi services changed with technology during the 20th century:<\/p>\n\n\n\n