cab driver
Hailed ride provider
A cab driver is a person who drives a taxi for hire.
The term is interchangeable with taxi driver or cabbie: The cab driver knew every shortcut in the city.
In casual use, cab driver often implies someone with local knowledge and strong opinions about traffic.
Transport payment
- meterDevice that measures usage
- passengerTraveler, not operator
- pickupSmall open-bed truck
- dropoffAbrupt descent point
dispatch · hail · ride · hackney · rank · book · journey · medallion
Satellite-based location technology
- routePath from A to B
- directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
- destinationIntended arrival point
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
landmark · turn-by-turn · shortcut · detour · wayfinding · traffic · backstreet · coordinates
Professional hired driver
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- professionTrained occupational field
- employmentPaid occupation status
- jobPaid position of employment
career · earnings · tips · shift · medallion · license · dispatcher · operator
Public urban ways
- downtownCentral business district
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- metropolisLarge important city
- trafficMovement along routes
sidewalks · crosswalks · traffic lights · nightlife · hotel · station · bustle · congestion
Day's early hours
- eveningLate day period
- rush hourBusiest commuting period
- dailyPer diem, repeated
- schedulePlan of timed events
suburb · highway · expressway · regular · airport · business district · school run · carpool
fare
Transport payment
dropoff · dispatch · hail · ride · hackney · rank · book · journey · medallion · Uber
GPS
Satellite-based location technology
- routePath from A to B
- directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
- destinationIntended arrival point
map · landmark · turn-by-turn · shortcut · detour · wayfinding · traffic · backstreet · coordinates · tracking
chauffeur
Professional hired driver
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- professionTrained occupational field
- employmentPaid occupation status
job · career · earnings · tips · shift · medallion · license · dispatcher · operator · workforce
streets
Public urban ways
- downtownCentral business district
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- metropolisLarge important city
traffic · sidewalks · crosswalks · traffic lights · nightlife · hotel · station · bustle · congestion · curbside
morning
Day's early hours
schedule · suburb · highway · expressway · regular · airport · business district · school run · carpool · peak hours
- driverstrucker, chauffeur, long haul trucker, car transporter, expediter
- Cabbieshack
- taxi industrytaxi drivers, fares, dispatcher, passengers, yellow cabs
- rideshareUber, Lyft, rideshare, ride-hailing, taxi
- mobile workerstrucker, traveling salesman, traveling nurse, courier, field technician
- city jobscity clerk, city attorney, city auditor, police officer, fire chief