Share taxi vehicles that follow a rough service route, but can go slightly out of their way to pick up and drop off passengers. In many US cities (e.g. Pittsburgh and Detroit), the term "jitney" refers to an unlicensed taxi cab. The name comes from an archaic, colloquial term for a five-cent piece in the US (the nickel). The common fare for the service when it first came into use was five cents, so the "five-cent cab" or "jitney cab" came to be known for the price charged. In Rhode Island a jitney license plate is used for all public passenger buses,
United Cab the city. United Cab United Cabs, Inc. was started in 1938 in New Orleans, LA and, with the exception of a month after Hurricane Katrina in which radio service was disrupted, has operated 365 days a year. It is the largest company in the area with over 400 radio-dispatched cabs. In January 2016, New Orleans-based sweet shop Sucré approached United Cab with to deliver its king cakes locally on-demand (i.e. within 90 minutes of an order being placed). Sucré saw this partnership as a way to alleviate some of the financial pressure being placed on taxi services due to Uber's