At the south side entrance of the station the passengers are provided with a taxi stand for the city taxis and private taxi cabs.

The second of these relates to the characteristic of this city taxis.

The NYC2012 logo - with a blue and green rendering of the Statue of Liberty - will be affixed to every city taxi, every city bus and every subway car, officials said.

On the maps in city taxis that show Manhattan neighborhoods - Chelsea, Greenwich Village, the Upper East Side - this area is conspicuously gray.

As a member of city's transport committee, Beauchamp called for a smoking ban in city taxis in 2003.

The study, said Mr. Gilbert, confirms what many black New Yorkers have long maintained: race is a factor in whether someone is served by city taxis.

Also, there is evidence that experience in building extensive mental maps, such as driving a city taxi for a long time (since this requires considerable memorization of routes), can increase the volume of one's hippocampus.

Take precautions when using city taxis as many do not comply with basic safety procedures such as seatbelts or general road worthiness.

The customer had to pay a city taxi to take him out here.

The card can also be used to pay for other means of public transportation, such as the city taxi and the city bus.