NYC taxis get their own ‘e-hail’ app
Hope to compete with Uber
New York City’s yellow and green taxis are stepping into the e-hailing tug-of-war, hoping to compete with companies like Uber and Gett, which have been eating into the traditional taxi business.
Verifone introduced its app Way2ride in New York City this week. Through the app, available for Apple and Android devices, people seeking a cab can send a trip request by pressing the “hail” button on their phones and confirming their pickup location.
Verifone says Way2ride beats Uber because there’s never any surge pricing. (Gett also boasts of having no surge pricing.) Customers only pay what’s on the meter, plus a “nominal flat fee” for hailing with the app.