noun. : a place where taxis may park while awaiting hire.
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A taxicab stand (also called taxi rank, cab stand, taxi stand, cab rank, or hack stand) is a queue area on a street or on private property where taxicabs line up to wait for passengers.
countable noun. A taxi stand is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example, at an airport or outside a station. [mainly US]regional note: in BRIT, usually use taxi rank.
Examples from the Collins CorpusI was escorted to the taxi stand to continue the rest of my journey. The station features locked bicycle parking, a taxi stand, and 544 parking spaces. It has a railway station, bus stand, taxi stand and some big and small markets.
Taxi and For-Hire Vehicle (FHV) relief stands allow drivers to park and leave their vehicles for up to one hour. NYC DOT maintains and installs taxi and FHV relief stands.
In the days of horse-drawn vehicles, one type of carriage was called a cabriolet, from a French word meaning leap. This name was fitting since the carriage was so light it bounced or leaped about on the rough roads of the time. In time the name cabriolet was shortened to cab.
This is the so-called cab rank rule, referring to the principle that at a taxi rank, taxis must take the next passenger inline regardless of who they are or where they want to go.
From Driver Rule 54-20 (in PDF): It is against the law to refuse a person based on race, disability, or a destination in New York City. A taxicab driver is required to drive a passenger to any destination in the five boroughs. You can make a refusal complaint by calling 3-1-1.
Distinctive characteristics of taxisWhen the roof sign is illuminated, it means that the taxi is available for hire. When the taxi light is off, it means that the taxi is already picking up a customer or is not in operation.
Illegal taxicabs, sometimes known as pirate taxis, gypsy cabs, or jitney cabs, are taxicabs and other for-hire vehicles that are not duly licensed or permitted by the jurisdiction in which they operate.