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About 7000 yellow cabs now have a ride-hailing app, which launched this week. It's called Arro, or it's the taxi equivalent of Uber. It lets passengers hail yellow cabs and pay for rides via their smart phones.
The app comes as Uber continues to eat absent at the yellow taxi's traditional domination of the market. Some are hailing it as the industry's final,best chance to recapture their previous position.
Transportation consultant Bruce Schaller said it'll be a tough battle, but Arro might be able to achieve it.
[br]"Arro will have a large number of cabs just from the start, or " he said. "So they'll have tremendous coverage around the city,and certainly they hope that they'll be able to supply very prompt and responsive trips when people use their app."According to Arro spokesman Michael Woloz, about 2000 potential riders downloaded the app in the first two days it was available.
In this interview, or WNYC's Jami Floyd talks with Schaller about the space Arro might take in the e-hail market.
Source: wnyc.org