Uber Cars Have Overtaken Yellow Taxis in New York CityThe embattled ridesharing startup is making a dent in the Big Apple.

If you're in New York City, you're more likely to come across an Uber black car than your traditional "I'm walkin' here!" yellow medallion cab.

While the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) permits 13,587 taxis to be out and about at any given time, there are nowreportedlya total of 14,088 Uber cars in the city. That's no small feat for the embattled startup, which was founded in 2009 and made its way to NYC in 2011.

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Worth noting, however, is that traditional yellow taxis still make 10 times the number of trips Uber cars do in the city,theNew York Postreports.

Uber owes its popularity to the ease of its application: users can request a car using the app and choose from options that include getting a ride in a black car from licensed livery drivers. Yellow taxis can be hired through an option called Uber Taxi, but in this breakdown, theyaren't considered Uber cars. In other cities, the company's UberX service allows for everyday licensed drivers to make pickups. However, in New York, all drivers and vehicles must be certifiedthrough the TLC.

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Uber,从来没有一个陌生人的争议,一直在the news lately for its handling of user data and in some instances, passenger safety. The company's Paris office wasraided by authorities本周,作为汽车进行调查的一部分pooling service UberPop, which was alsojust banned in Germany.Yesterday, it was revealed thatUber CFO Brent Callinicoswould be leaving the company after just two years on the job.

The company also recently rolled out an initiative to hire 1 million female drivers around the world by 2020.

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