Tag: TAXI

While it's not any great benefit to someone living in the middle of nowhere like me, TaxiMe offers a nice service for city dwellers. By querying Google Maps for distance information TaxiMe will quickly provide you with an estimated cab fare. It's a great concept, but I ran into a rather bothersome issue. While Google Maps will handle input like "Polo Park Winnipeg mb" without a hitch and ...

Need to get to the airport, but you're not sure how much the cab will cost? TaxiWiz to the rescue. Just type your starting point and destination into the web site, and up pops a Google Map which calculates the distance and the estimated cab fare. Right now TaxiWiz covers 8 cities, New York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and San Diego. The are also mobile ...

If you live in Manhattan, hailing a taxi is about as easy as walking out your front door. But for many Americans, finding a cab when you need one can be an exercise in futility. Enter 1800cabride.com. Entrepeneur (and New York cab driver) Jason Diaz says he wants to make it the 1-800-flowers of the taxi industry. Here's how it works. You log on to the company's website or call the 800 number and ...

Cabs are expensive, especially when considering that in most situations one can take public transport for about a fourth of the price. But for those times when you simply have to get somewhere quickly and with minimal hassle, taking a taxi is often the only option. Readers in large megalopolis's will be familiar with the idea of sharing a cab with a stranger, and the rest of us might have seen ...