New York City Cabs

New York is one of the world's most thrilling cities to visit, and has a famously fast moving, heady-paced destination that tempt tourists from all over the world. The city that never sleeps is landmarked with museums, cafes, bars, parks that are fabulous fun to walk around. It's a metropolis of a city that has many points of interest, and a never-ending stream of places to see, people to watch and things to do.

One of the more tokenistic points of interest is New York's mode of transport: the yellow taxi. A feature songs and in films such as Taxi Driver, Midnight Cowboy and the ever lifestyle-defining gospel according to Sex and the City, it is wholly imbedded in New York culture, this icon of New York City life is an important part of any visit to this destination. With approximately over 10,000 yellow cabs strewn across the many boroughs of the city, they make up a large part of the landscape, and a lot of the traffic jam.

Even so, as much as a trip to the Big Apple benefits from a ride on their subway system, so too does the hailing of a yellow cab to put one in the hub of real city living, and it's worth doing just once. Catching a ride downtown from the Upper East Side will take you on a scenic route of people and street corners that you won't get from taking the train.

At an approximate estimate, the initial fare for a taxi ride is $2.50, with $0.40 added on for every four blocks. This is actually a money-saving way of travelling and site-seeing. If you are in a group as there is no additional charge for extra passengers, which is worth considering when travelling to and from airport, when you might want to use yellow cab for more pragmatic purposes. If you're making that larger journey to New York from London, to see the bright lights of this big city, try DialAFlight for their flights to New York, available from their website.