Well, in NYC at least, they are neither illegal taxicabs nor gypsy cabs, but fully licensed livery car services that follow all of the rules therein (no street

Well, in NYC at least, they are neither illegal taxicabs nor gypsy cabs, but fully licensed livery car services that follow all of the rules therein (no street hails, drivers are livery licensed, and uber operates licensed dispatch locations). I'm not the gp but I think transients, as defined as, "people who do not intend to be resident in this location for more than 30 days", works just fine.