The mid-1910s saw an explosion of people driving unlicensed cabs. They were called jitneys (slang for a nickel, which was also what they typically cost) and cities across the U.S. scrambled to regulate them. Read more...
Matt Novak on Paleofuture, shared by Meg Neal to Gizmodo, Gizmodo
Tue, 09/02/2014 - 2:20pm
The mid-1910s saw an explosion of people driving unlicensed cabs. They were called jitneys (slang for a nickel, which was also what they typically cost) and cities across the U.S. scrambled to regulate them. Read more...