article_snippet: If you are wanting to explore a city, get to a meeting in a hurry, visit a friend, or just get home after a night of cocktails, there is nothing better than a good taxi service to make it happen.
article_snippet: Despite all the different types of transportation, be it a cab, tup tup, jeepney or jitney, we are all bound and aided by a common service: the humble taxi.
article_snippet: As of March 14, 2014, in New York City, there are 51,398 men and women licensed to drive yellow taxicabs .
article_snippet: Even the prices vary dramatically, with haggling being common place in Peru, and taxi-sharing being popular in Nigeria.
article_snippet: Fares can be calculated per mile, with some of the most expensive being London's hackney carriage cabs at £2.56, compared to £0.30 per mile in India's equivalent.
article_snippet: The following infographic by The Taxi Centre unpacks all you need to know about all the different taxis around the globe, so getting a cab is the least stressful part of your holiday.
highlights_snippet: Whether it is a black cab in London, a gondola in Venice or a seaplane in the Maldives taxis are always on hand to get us from A to B .
  
highlights_snippet: From 7p a journey in Haiti to £3.50 bicycle rides in China taxis prices and style are as varied as the countries they run in .
  
highlights_snippet: The Taxi Centre has created an infographic  different taxis worldwide .