This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
From YKTTW Working Title: The Taxi
Lukebn: This is a Real Life trope. Why do we have it?
Cao Cao: Because of its relevance in fiction.
Lukebn: Cars are relevant in fiction, too, but they're not a trope. You could have a page compiling tropes that involve taxis, but having a page for something that is not particularly associated with fiction over real life is just Wood In Popular Culture.