Rush hour taxis are not easily found in New York City. You have to know where exactly where to position yourself to grab one before someone else beats you to it. It’s a matter of experience and assertiveness. In this case, I noticed two women were going for the same cab making its way up Third Avenue. One of them, in silhouette, had the nerve to dart off the sidewalk in the middle of the block to nab this cab, while the woman in the foreground was still patiently waiting for it at the intersection. Meanwhile, the Third Avenue bus reaches the intersection at the same time. The loser of this context boarded it and due to the heavy traffic, probably reached her destination along the avenue at the same time that cab would have arrived there.