I got a ride home from a non-cabbie cabbie last summer. I was trying to flag a cab down on 17th and he came up to me and said "I drive a cab, I'll take you home".
His cab turned out to be his mini-van. No signs, no meter, nothing. He charged me less than it would normally cost in a real cab for the same trip.
It's barely one step above hitchiking, but it got the job done.
It seems to me that cabbies are doing more "flag" pick ups than they used to. I've had several in the last month or so and that used to be impossible.
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