Editing Manhattan (section)

====Taxis====
{{Main|Taxis of New York City}}
New York's iconic yellow [[taxicab]]s, which number 13,087 citywide and must have a medallion authorizing the pickup of street hails, are ubiquitous in the borough.<ref>[http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/about/about.shtml About the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612231111/http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/about/about.shtml |date=June 12, 2010 }}. Accessed September 4, 2006.</ref> Private [[vehicle for hire]] companies provide significant competition for taxicabs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/nyregion/uber-ride-hailing-new-york-transportation.html |title=The Downside of Ride-Hailing: More New York City Gridlock|author=Winnie Hu|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 6, 2017|access-date=March 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716025725/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/nyregion/uber-ride-hailing-new-york-transportation.html |archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>