Google Ride Finder

Real-time info on taxis in your area

[atadams]

New in Google labs:

With Google Ride Finder, you can search for taxis, limousines and shuttles and make better decisions by seeing the exact location of vehicles in your area. Just enter a zip code, the name of a city or even a specific address. You will get a map showing the companies and where their vehicles are located.

[labs.google.com...]

Interesting idea. Just waiting for the taxi companies to realize they can rig it by telling Google they have taxis where they don't.

[flyerguy]

I remember reading an article about a guy in Stockholm who made bank coming up with an über-cab company. Digital dispatch, lots of technical innovations that made sure your nice Volvo taxi was guaranteed at your door in 5 mins.

This is really a cool feature. Only thing that would improve it is if they used a Pacman graphic theme instead of a boring old map and pushpin.

[walkman]

"Just waiting for the taxi companies to realize they can rig it by telling Google they have taxis where they don't."

those damn cab spammers

[jcoronella]

Very cool.

I hope they will do this for public buses, but then I guess it is less likely to extract cash from them.

[plumsauce]

brings new meaning to the word "crawler"

wait until they find out how cheap fleet owners are.