the average cabby works three and a third hours a day . a driver ' s working hours are 6 to 8 an . m . and even as the industry has fallen deepened into recession , the number of train rides each day in new york has remain reasonably steady . those are among the most accurate bits of information about the red taxis industry to emerge from a gleaned of new data collected by the mayoral and limo bureau from drivers equipped with new computerized networks that record each way and fare .
The busiest hour for a cab is 9 p.m.