Yellow taxi in New York. Bashny.Net

When the story of a New York taxi just begun, the car painted in different colors, depending on the company that they had until the owner of one of the city's taxis Jakob Hertz did not read about that yellow is the most visible and chose it for its companies Yellow Cab Company in 1907. And after 60 years, the city authorities decided that all taxis should be painted yellow, so you can easily distinguish the official licensed taxis in traffic. Today, the New York yellow taxi - is a widely recognized symbol of the city.
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1. At this time in New York, employs more than 13,000 yellow cabs and 50,000 drivers. Manhattan sometimes it seems that the stream of passing cars is 95% of the taxi

Yellow taxis have the exclusive right to pick up passengers from the street. Apart from these there are still "car services" that work only on call.

For standard 12ti hour shift taxi driver makes about 30 trips and travels 180 miles. Typical taxi drives 70,000 miles a year, and the average age of a car in New York City taxi is now 3.3 years.





2. Legendary Ford Crown Victoria. Now they are actively displace more efficient hybrid cars (Toyota Prius, Ford Escape Hybrid). According to the 2013 hybrids for 60%

Taxis run by private companies to obtain a license in the commission «New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission», - a government office in New York.

Each car has a yellow taxi medallion - a metal plate that is hung on the hood of the car and gives the right to pick up passengers. There are two types of medallions - independent and mini medallion taxis. First issued individually, and the second group of at least 2 people who own car park and drivers can issue their lease on the basis of a replacement. Owners of independent medallions usually just hold the machine and may lease it to other drivers for more profit. The driver can also rent a car and own only a medallion.



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4. In the New York taxi drivers are working out of 175 countries in the world. Every taxi driver must pass an exam on knowledge of the English language. Among the countries that "delivering" the taxi drivers to the New Yorks streets leading Bangladesh (23.1%), Pakistan (13.2%), India (9.3%), Haiti (6.5%), the USA (5.9%) and Egypt (4.4%). One percent of all drivers of yellow taxis - women. In the photo you can see a typical New York taxi driver. It is also clearly visible on the hood of a medallion license



5. The passenger traffic of 600 000 people per day, and 236 million per year. Most of the passengers (70%) were men and 35 years old. Least of all a taxi ride between the ages of 51 and 70 - only 5% of total passengers. In various polls 49% of the passengers identified their sex male, 34% - women, 17% - prefer not to answer.



6. passengers on household income is split: 42% have a $ 100,000 a year or more, 18% - from 50 to 100 thousand, 12% - from 10 to 50 thousand, 11% earn less than $ 10,000 per year, and 17% preferred not to name your income. 52% of passengers have their own car, 67% - have a smart phone. Tacked only 38%.



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8. Each taxi has a mandatory partition separating the front seat from the rear passenger. The partition is built screen on which a trip spinning all sorts of commercials and advertisements, and after the driver activates the menu for the payment. Passengers can choose a payment method, the percentage tip the driver and pay by card without any driver involvement. Accepted card payment systems Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express



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