the average cabby operates nine and a half hours a cycle . a cab ' s busiest periods are 6 to 8 p . m . and even as the economic has fallen back into slump , the numbers of cab walks each day in new york has remained relatively steady . those are even the most vivid bits of intelligence about the cab light industry to emerge from a trove of new reports collected by the taxi and limousine commission from cabs equipped with different computerized systems that record each trip and pass .
The busiest hour for a cab is 9 p.m.