New York City

=== Ferries, taxis and trams===
{{Main|Staten Island Ferry|NYC Ferry|Taxis of New York City|Roosevelt Island Tramway}}
[[File:Spirit_of_America_-_Staten_Island_Ferry.jpg|thumb|The [[Staten Island Ferry]] shuttles [[Commuting|commuters]] between [[Manhattan]] and [[Staten Island]].]]
The [[Staten Island Ferry]] is the world's busiest [[Ferry|ferry route]], carrying more than 23&nbsp;million passengers from July 2015 through June 2016 on a {{convert|5.2|mi|km|adj=on}} route between Staten Island and Lower Manhattan and running 24/7.<ref>{{cite web |first = Anna |last = Sanders |date = September 20, 2016 |title = Staten Island Ferry ridershilip breaks record |url = http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/staten_island_ferry_ridership.html |access-date = December 31, 2016 |publisher = [[SILive.com]] }}</ref><ref name="nycgov-official">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/ferrybus/staten-island-ferry.shtml|title=Staten Island Ferry|publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]]|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|date=September 18, 2017}}</ref> Other ferry systems shuttle commuters between Manhattan and other locales within the city and the metropolitan area. [[NYC Ferry]], a [[New York City Economic Development Corporation|NYCEDC]] initiative with routes planned to travel to all five boroughs, was launched in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |first = Zoe |last = Rosenberg |date = April 17, 2017 |title = First of New York's citywide ferries arrives in Brooklyn Bridge Park |url = http://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/17/15326348/nyc-ferry-routes-times |access-date = April 17, 2017 |publisher = [[Curbed]] New York, [[Vox Media]] }}</ref>

Identified by their color and [[taxi medallion]], the city's 13,587 [[Taxis of New York City|yellow taxicabs]] are the only vehicles allowed to pick up riders making street hails throughout the city.<ref>[https://www.nyc.gov/site/tlc/businesses/yellow-cab.page Yellow Cab], [[New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission]]. Accessed January 14, 2024. "Taxicabs are the only vehicles that have the right to pick up street-hailing and prearranged passengers anywhere in New York City. By law, there are 13,587 taxis in New York City and each taxi must have a medallion affixed to it."</ref> [[Apple green]]-colored [[boro taxi]]s can pick up street hails in [[Upper Manhattan]] and the four outer boroughs.<ref>[https://www.nyc.gov/site/tlc/businesses/green-cab.page Green Cab], [[New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission]]. Accessed January 14, 2024. "Street-hail Liveries, also known as green cabs, are For-Hire Vehicles that are permitted to accept street-hails. In exchange, Street-Hail Liveries may not operate in the Hail Exclusionary Zone, south of West 110th St and East 96th St."</ref> Long dominated by yellow taxis, [[vehicle for hire|high-volume for hire vehicles]] from [[Uber]] and [[Lyft]] have provided the most trips in the city since December 2016, when the for-hire vehicles and cabs each had about 10.5&nbsp;million trips. By October 2023, the 78,000 vehicles-for-hire from such companies as Uber and Lyft combined for 20.3&nbsp;million trips, while 3.5&nbsp;million trips were in yellow taxis.<ref>[https://tlcpolicy.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=be00fce0963540628e37fd7c75a6d386 TLC Factbook], [[New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission]], updated December 18, 2023. Accessed January 13, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/597-23/mayor-adams-tlc-new-rules-require-city-s-rideshare-vehicles-be-zero-emission- "Mayor Adams, TLC Announce new Rules to Require City's Rideshare Vehicles to be Zero-Emission, Wheelchair Accessible by 2030"], [[Mayor of New York City]] [[Eric Adams]], August 16, 2023. Accessed January 14, 2024. "Both Uber and Lyft, which together comprise New York City's high-volume for-hire fleet of approximately 78,000 vehicles, have committed to transitioning to a greener fleet by 2030."</ref>

The [[Roosevelt Island Tramway]], an [[aerial tramway]] that began operation in May 1976,<ref>[https://rioc.ny.gov/169/History History], [[Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation]]. Accessed January 13, 2024. "The original Roosevelt Island aerial tramway - the first tram in the country to be used for urban transportation – was opened in May 1976."</ref> transports 2&nbsp;million passengers per year the {{Convert|3140|ft}} between Roosevelt Island and a station at [[59th Street (Manhattan)|59th Street]] and [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|Second Avenue]] on Manhattan Island.<ref>[https://rioc.ny.gov/173/Aerial-Tramway-Vital-Statistics Aerial Tramway Vital Statistics], [[Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation]]. Accessed January 13, 2024. "The Tram travels between the Manhattan station at 2nd Avenue between 59th and 60th streets and the Tram station on Roosevelt Island. It travels a distance of 3,140 feet at a speed of up to 17 miles per hour in less than three (3) minutes. It rises to a maximum height of 230 feet and can carry a maximum of 109 passengers plus an attendant per cabin. The system annually transports more than two million passengers."</ref>