You could soon be paying significantly less for New York City yellow cabs. While shared rides have long been an option through startups Lyft and Uber, traditional cabs haven't had the infrastructure to offer it until now. Via's dynamic routing technology calculates where to direct both passengers and drivers to maximize efficiency for shared rides. Related: Yellow cab drivers are using this app to compete with UberBy introducing pooling, yellow cabs will be able to offer riders a more economic option. "I'm pretty agnostic but I think it will be great to help [yellow cabs] make money."

Source: CNN June 06, 2017 12:23 UTC