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GRAPHICS AND FUN STUFF
(in order of likely age of user!)
 

Taxi Picture for colouring in For the very young taxi enthusiast, here is a simple colouring page to keep those colouring hands away from the upholstery or wallpaper.
Paper toy Taxi – cut out and make yourself a taxi Excellent paper taxi construction from a fabulous online resource designed to keep the young and old amused for hours. Dozens of other cut-out constructions here, from planes to buildings. See the others at PaperToys.com. Fiddly, but good!
2D CAD Symbols Sample page from ReplicaNation CAD Symbol catalogue, for the more serious architectural designer. Dimensionally accurate cad symbols, each order containing four views: - Plan - Side -  Front - Rear
Taxi Game from CleverCab.com - fast moving downloadable Flash game - you have to click on passing taxis to get passengers picked up (hint: make sure it's in full screen view!)

Ever wondered what anagrams can be made from 'A London Black Taxi Driver'?

and a few more games on the Taxi theme...

Hangman-style game - all the words are taxi related!

1997 US Patent for Taxi Cab Management Board Game with a Picture and summary

New York Quiz Taxi - Java quiz game on a taxi theme (wasn't working when last tried though)

Taxi based Shockwave vocabulary test game from a New York language school

SuperTaxi - Flash game - deliver the passengers to their stop as fast as possible, pick up coins and avoid crashing. Read a review

Bust-a-Taxi: Flash game that does little for reputations as you gain points by running down pedestrians!

Planetary Taxi - CD based game that introduces children to astronomy and physics as they take their taxi through the solar system

StarCab (Java Game) - land your space taxi and refuel without crashing! (needs Java-enabled browser)

Cabby - classic 1938 board game from Selchow & Righter

There was another board game manufactured by Selchow & Righter (now part of Hasbro) called Taxi! - I would welcome any links to sites for this or any other game not listed above