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Title: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS IN URBAN AREAS
Accession Number: 00272070
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The immediate problems facing the taxicab industry are: the inability to increase the productivity of the taxicab driver and service personnel; the inability to control the increased cost of doing business; and the inability to increase revenue sufficiently to offset higher costs. The high rate of turnover of taxicab drivers in a major problem in increasing productivity. The driver population includes employees, independent contractors and independent drivers in local associations. A 1972 report by the U.S. DOT states that a typical trip length for a sample survey was 5.8 miles of which 2.95 were paid miles. The number of passengers per trip was 1.3 persons and the receipts were 1.95 per trip. Cost analysis studies reveal that under the present rate structure, a company must achieve 60 percent paid-mile/operating ratio to remain profitable. A factor of great importance is the cost of doing business imposed on the industry by the government. An inconsistent pattern of tax levies has been imposed on the industry, and new administrative law has altered government-taxicab industry relations. Overregulation and underregulation by government damage the ability of companies to perform efficiently. At the present time, there are an estimated 7,200 fleet taxicab operations in the U.S. A fourth of these operate 10 taxicab or fewer, mainly in rural and suburban area. A study revealed that the rate increases are granted approximately every 3.5 years. The industry estimates that there is a 3 percent decrease in passenger trips each time a new rate is put into effect. Another study indicates that computerized dispatching offers the most immediate opportunity to increase productivity in the industry. Improved urban traffic conditions (restriction of private vehicle and the use of special lanes for buses, and hopefully, taxis) will further contribute to increased productivity.
Supplemental Notes: Appeared in Issues in Public Transportation, proceedings of a conference held by the Highway Research Board at Henniker, New Hampshire, July 9-14, 1972 Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00054755
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Gallagher, Richard VPagination: pp 20-23
Publication Date: 1974
Conference:
Conference on Issues in Public Transportation
Location:
Henniker New Hampshire, United States Media Type: Digital/other
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Sep 19 2003 12:00AM
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