New York, where it previously claimed driver take-home has increased despite price drops over the past three years, and Chicago, where it said the average price of fares has dipped but an increase in passengers is bringing more money to drivers overall.
In December, cabs carried an average of 432,000 fares a day.
A typical large airline might have 3,000 flights a day but serve as many as 30,000 pairs of cities. Factor in an average of 10 different fares in coach and about 250,000 fare changes each day and a computer must juggle more than 100 million different possibilities at any one moment.
It still doesn't give users the resources to get a quote for a certain distance and/or time rather than sticking to a range of average fares.
Ryanair's boss, Michael O'Leary, recently reiterated a promise that he would eventually sell transatlantic flights from as little as €10 ($13) one-way and with average return fares of around €200-300.
The current $86 fare is calculated in 2013 dollars based on a formula that prices tickets at 83% of average airline fares to help attract riders.
Transport fares in the capital have increased by an average of 2.5% after fare rises came into effect in England and Wales.
The Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, which represents fleet owners, wants a 23percentt fare increase, which would produce an average fare of $8.45 and increase the flat rate for a ride from John F. Kennedy International Airport into Manhattan to $49 from $35.
Under the proposal, the average fare of 2.6 miles, with five minutes of waiting time factored in, would rise to $8.45, and $9.45 in rush hours, from $6.85.
With the cost of a 30-day pass at $81, that results in an average fare of $1.45.
