Sentence examples for cab availability from inspiring English sources

In 1992, when cab availability was at a high during the recession, the number of cruising miles was 310 million.

Cab availability, it turns out, has to do with a lot more than simply how many medallions the city allows.

With the Uber system you're presented with a way to call the driver back directly, rather than wading through the call center of a cab company and trying to cross reference time, location and cab availability.

A1 It Is Harder to Get a Cab The availability of yellow cabs has fallen by 13percentt during the last seven years, despite more taxi medallions, two fare increases and subway and bus fare discounts.

The growth of companies such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar means taxi officials need to update policies, including those governing availability of cabs and rates that can be charged, Garcetti wrote.

And if fares go up, it could further increase the availability of cabs, by enticing more drivers to enter the business.

Raising the fare could also affect the availability of cabs -- as well as the environmental impact -- because more drivers could be drawn into the business, allowing fleet owners to put more cabs on the road for double shifts.

According to an analysis of a decade of taxi meter and odometer readings, obtained recently from New York City by a transportation consultant, the availability of cabs over the last seven years has fallen sharply, by 13percentt -- even with an expansion of taxi medallions, two fare increases and the introduction of subway and bus fare discounts.

While New York's yellow cabs received the most votes for availability, they ranked low in the friendliness and quality-of-driving categories.

The law also creates a task force to study the availability of insurance coverage for livery-cab drivers, a vehicle safety program that will be in place next January, and a 20-member panel that will examine ways to help improve livery-cab safety.

Cab-hailing startup Flywheel has been gradually expanding its availability in new markets, and also offering new ways for customers to pay.