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Title:

Assessment of the Impacts of App-based Ride Service on Taxi Industry: Evidence from Yiwu City in China
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Accession Number:

01626033

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

In recent years, the impacts of app-based ride (ABR) services on taxi industry have been widely discussed. However, the impacts on of ABRs on traditional taxi market remains controversial. This paper used taxi operation data to explore whether or not app-based ride services have significant impacts on taxi industry in Yiwu, which is a typical small city in China. With using the global positioning system (GPS) dataset, taxi meter dataset and the average of drivers’ monthly income dataset from taxi operator, three indicators – mileage utilization ratio (MUR), vehicle-rent fees (VRF) and average of driver’ monthly income (ADMI) were developed for exploring the impacts of ABR services. It was found that the app-based ride services had significant impacts on taxi industry. The analysis results in this paper can help policymakers understand the impacts of app-based ride servers better, and also it can help to promote the effectiveness of (de-) regulation on taxi and app-based ride services. In addition, this study provides an international perspective for understanding the role of app-based ride services, and is a useful reference to researchers and policymakers in other countries.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP060 Standing Committee on Paratransit.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-06426

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Sun, Zhentian
Yu, Mingyuan
Zeng, Jing
Wang, Hao
Tian, Yishun

Pagination:

12p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Yiwu (China)

Subject Areas:

Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-06426

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 12:37PM