Martin Heikel, co-founder of ZabKab, displays the passenger hailing ZabKab app on his smartphone, in New York, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. Hailing a taxi on a New York street is going high-tech, with a smartphone application. Starting Wednesday, a passenger can send out a hailing signal to all cabs within a four or five-block area. Photo: AP/Richard Drew
So far, Heikel says about 1,000 of the city's more than 13,000 yellow cab drivers have downloaded the app.
When a hailing icon pops up, the driver sees the passenger's location.
Drivers will be charged $14.95 a month, or $9.95 on a six-month subscription — after several promotional, cost-free months.
The passenger app is free of charge.