Coolnagour Ltd, T/a iCabbi, TCA TAXI

From the first taxi in 1905, via the ‘blokbanders’ (taxis with chequered belts) and the ‘geelbanders’ (taxis with yellow belts) to the 2012 Municipal Taxi Regulations: Amsterdam has a glorious taxi history. There have been taxis in Amsterdam since the beginning of the twentieth century. The first ‘taxi’ was spotted in 1905, and four years later, the ATAX received its first real taxi licence. ATAX drove electric vehicles: bought in Hamburg and supplied with batteries in the Netherlands. These taxis sounded like a tram and the drivers were sitting on a bench – almost like a kind of coachman.