It's only 10x faster to hail a cab if you're somewhere in the lower half of Manhattan AND it's not at a peak time. Outside of those conditions, I find Uber much faster.
Although yellow cabs in NYC are required to take you where you request, some will break this rule, or just do it begrudgingly. Same with taking a card, they will do it but make a big show and a stink about it. One even said I better give him a "big tip" for taking me to the airport.
Although yellow cabs in NYC are required to take you where you request, some will break this rule, or just do it begrudgingly. Same with taking a card, they will do it but make a big show and a stink about it. One even said I better give him a "big tip" for taking me to the airport.