About this app

The Yellow Cab Company is one of the top rated ground transportation companies in Hartford, Connecticut area. With its headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut The Yellow Cab Co. maintains a position of historic significance in Connecticut’s transportation history. The Yellow Cab Company is Connecticut’s oldest taxi company established in 1898.

The company received the first taxi license ever issued in 1921. In 2011, the company celebrated the 90th Anniversary of the first taxi license ever issued, with the opening of a state-of-the-art compressed natural gas fuelling station on its property.

Leadership and environmental stewardship has been part of the Yellow Cab’s GREEN effort for over a decade. In 1998, The Yellow Cab Company placed 85 CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicles into service as part of the very first partnership between private enterprise and the US government on a Clean Cities project for taxi transportation. The company received a “Clean City Award” in 1999 along with recognition from the US Department of Energy. Today with its new State of the Art CNG station in place at the Bloomfield headquarters and its new GREEN fleet

The Yellow Cab Co. continues to be a forward thinking transportation company that recognizes the need and responds to the changing transportation demographic of aging drivers and the disability community. Yellow Cab offers on-demand 24/7 transportation service in addition to wheel chair accessible vehicles in its extensive fleet. Please visit us at http://www.theyellowcab.com

The Yellow Cab Company is a leading provider of Taxi services in Greater Hartford Connecticut. We are pleased to offer our valued clients the very latest in smartphone booking technology with our free The Yellow Cab Co. Taxi Hail application.

Key Features of The Yellow Cab Co. Taxi Hail application include:
• Book a reservation in as few as 3 clicks
• Get a fare estimate by entering both pickup and destination addresses
• Receive a confirmation number for your reservation immediately on booking
• Receive notifications including vehicle number once your reservation has been dispatched
• Monitor the progress of your vehicle on a map
• Create a list of favorite addresses and assign a custom name for each
• Specify the number of passengers, vehicle type and preferred payment method
• Review all reservations you have made over the past 30 days
• Provide feedback related to the application and/or service you received
• Call The Yellow Cab Co. with the push of a button

To begin using The Yellow Cab Co. Taxi Hail application today:
• Download the free app
• Create an account (Email, Name, Phone # and Password)
• Validate your account (via the confirmation email you receive)
• Login to the app (Email & Password)
• Enter your pickup address
• Enter your destination address (this allows us to provide an estimated fare amount)
• Book your trip (reservations can be immediate or for a future time/date)

On booking a reservation, you will immediately receive a confirmation number, along with an update when your vehicle has been assigned. From here you can monitor the progress of your vehicle as it moves towards your pickup location.

The Yellow Cab Co. Taxi Hail application retains a history of your previous reservations (up to 30 days) for expense management and to quickly rebook the same trip with the push of a button. You may also create a list of your favorite locations (Home, Work, etc.) to speed the booking process.

New features

Enhanced security
Improved GPS usage
Bug fixes

App Permissions

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Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
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Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
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Must be required by an NotificationListenerService, to ensure that only the system can bind to it.
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