I. Overview of the taxicab industry
The Taxicab industry plays a vital and large role in the U.S. urban transportation system, employing 233,000 drivers (United States Bureau of Labor Statistics) and providing transportation to millions of Americans each day. Taxicabs differ most substantially from alternative urban transportation systems, like busses and subways, as customers select the final destination, opposed to adhering to a predefined route. This flexibility is reflected in the higher price of taxicabs (Moore and Balaker) compared to other public transit services. Substitutes for taxicabs include busses, subways, trains, limousines, private drivers, car ownership and rental cars, among others (Brennan).
The taxicab industry can be divided into four primary taxicab market segments, which are important to keep in mind when analyzing the industry (Frankena and Pautler):
1. Cruising cabs: These are taxis that cruise highly populated areas looking for random customers, who hail taxis for a ride.
2. Taxi-stand cabs: Taxi stands can be found at locations, such as hotels and airports, which see a large demand for taxis. Taxis line up in a queue at the stand and wait their turn for a customer.
3. Radio-dispatched cabs: These taxis are assigned a customer from a radio dispatcher who receives customer requests via telephone or the internet.
4. Service-under-contract cabs: In certain cases, groups or organizations will contract a taxicab firm to provide regular or dial-a-ride service.
II. Taxicab regulations in U.S.
The taxicab industry faces carrying degrees of regulations, which differ state-to-state and city-to-city, but is, for the part, heavily regulated. The industry is one of the most regulated transportation industrie...
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Jonathan Kay’s “Fare Share” has many weaknesses that make his argument not effective when writing his article. Kay’s argument talks about how Uber is stealing taxi drivers of their livelihoods and how Uber is taking over the taxi monopoly. Weaknesses found in this article was when Jonathan Kay makes Uber look bad when talking about their flashy app which seems to kind of promote it even more, and with a little more research he can find other taxi apps. To add on he seems to write it very tongue-in-cheek. Furthermore, Kay also lacks evidence to support what he says because some of his arguments are weak and basic. Another weakness would be that he left the reader wondering what he is trying to prove in his argument about Uber, he seems to be all over the place with his argument. Overall, this was a weakly written article.
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In their Freakonomics podcast titled, “Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?” Stephen J. Dubner and Stephen D. Levitt discuss the most probable reasons for why hitchhiking has dramatically declined almost to the point of extinction in recent years and how it has affected modern society through an economic viewpoint. The two main motives discussed for why the demand of hitchhiking has plummeted since the early-80’s are that Americans began to fear hitchhiking because they saw it as dangerous and because transportation became cheaper and more readily available.
Several large companies have focused on the multi-occupant vehicle market, specifically school bus production, in North America. Competitors within the school bus manufacturing industry consist of the Henlys Group PLC, a British based company, and two U.S. bus companies, Collins Industries Inc. and Navistar International. Henlys consists of Blue Bird Corporation, Prevost Car Inc., Nova Bus and TransBus International Ltd. Collins Industries operates seven vehicle companies including Collins Bus Corporation and Mid Bus Corporation that make up their school bus line. And finally, Navistar International, which also produces school buses, is divided into three principal industry segments. These segments are trucks/buses, engines, and financial services.
What we found through this approach was that Coach USA and Megabus have a large and loyal following. However with the consistent increase in numbers of intercity bus travelers looking for a cheaper, more convenient travel option many may be drawn the the larger more modern and trendier Greyhound and boltbus lines as well as even more personalised forms of transportation such as Zipcar and other car sharing companies. We believe that our recommendations will shine light on the innovative spirit and dedication to service that is at the core of Coach USA in ways that will connect with and engage the 21st century consumer.
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People are always moving around and going to places all day, every minute of their lives. Whether it is standing up to go to the bathroom, walking to the park, or even driving to work, humans are always going to need a form of transportation. For me and for many other college students, as well as professors and staff, Uber is the best choice when it comes to car transportation. Personally, I have used Uber for a couple years now and I love it. Since Uber is used in most countries, I was able to use it in my hometown Bogota, Colombia, Miami, and now here in the wonderful city of New Orleans. I use Uber instead of a taxi because it will take me safely to my destination, it is affordable, and most of the time the wait time is short.
Do you have a taxi firm? Well, there are a number of thing that you need to know. You will note that most people normally like using taxis in order to travel from one place to another. Taxis are considered to be fast and more convenient that public transport. Once can readily hire a taxi at night in order to reach home safely. Others, usually hire taxis in order to take patients to hospitals and so forth. This means that taxi services are normally required from time to time. In this case, you need to treat your customers well in order to get referrals. There are several thing that customers want from a taxi firm. These include:
But then local happen to be the fastest way to travel. However, the other 4.2 million people ride on buses, while 12 million use public transit per day. Likewise, traffic congestion is a major problem as 2 million four-wheel vehicles were sharing the roads. The massive challenges in the urban economy demands efficient mobility and due time shortage. Mega cities to improve transportation challenges to increase efficient movement between airports, main railway stations, central business districts, seaports, manufacturing areas, and markets. This assist on fast long distance connections like high-speed rail, flyovers, and subways. Likewise, short distance connections in the transportation include, buses, taxis, rickshaws, and pedestrian bridges. Auto Rickshaws are all throughout the city, and go through narrow lanes. This is comparatively cheaper than taxis, which is a convenient option to commute in Mumbai. From corner, to corner streets yellow black taxis in Mumbai is convenient to everywhere. Mumbai taxis are conditioned cabs, comfortable but more expensive then Auto Rickshaws, due to its undoubtable facilities. Buses, are also offered in very corner of the city.
People are finding it very difficult to travel from one place to another because of so many issues involved with it. As a result, being able to provide our communities with public transportation choices and/or alternatives has proven very beneficial for the public. Public transportation surrounds us wherever we are, but sometimes we don’t even notice it. In fact, there are many different types of public transportation services such as Buses, Metros, Taxi’s, Barts and even Trains. Of course, public transportation isn’t free, but it definitely is much more affordable for those with little income.
Public transport is a service provided by the government of the city which is available to use for the general public. Public transportation includes busses, rails, subway trains and taxi cab. Public transport provides a vital service to the economy of the country as it helps millions of commuters to travel from one place to another in fast pace. Commuters would consider public transport as their first option if infrastructure of public transportation in the country is well established. Eventually, this will result in an increment of revenue being generated and this revenue can be invested for infrastructure purposes.
Most of cities that people live are sequentially growing, daily routine of many people are also adapted for surrounding in the present. A lot of people have to spend most of their time with travelling though long distances to get from one place to another for connecting their businesses or other purposes by transportation. Most people use public transportation such as BTS and MRT to go each places while many people are using their own cars to travel. Thereby, both transportations have the same destination that is taking and moving people. People can choose vehicles from alter reasons depend on how people are responded to their needs by public transportation and private car that are different in convenience of travelling, expenditure of money and security of travel.
Economies thrive on the ability of mobility. Mobility allows people to go to work, attend school and travel far and wide by using some form of transportation. It allows people and ideas to mix more freely. Over time, mobility has taken many forms, from the backs of animals, to carriages and now the automobile. Since the invention of the automobile, we have been able to decrease transportation costs, travel vast distances and decrease travel times. We are able to facilitate relationships, foster trade between places and find better jobs. However, due to the inaccurate pricing of the roads, driving cars has turned from an innovation to pure frustration. The problem is traffic congestion; the increased usage of cars has created slower speeds and longer travel times due to greater demand for the road than the road has to offer. Roughly 3.4 million Americans endure extreme commutes, in which the trip to work and back eats up at least three hours of each day (Balaker, Staley 2006). Congestion slows life down by causing massive delays, eating away at valuable time and productivity. This has become a major issue because people are stuck in traffic when they do not need to be and conditions will only continue to get worse without government intervention. Many solutions have been offered and discussed but few have been implemented. This paper will serve to outline the economic theory behind traffic congestion, alternative policy options there are for dealing with traffic congestion and ultimately what the best strategy is to solve this problem. The solution I propose is to price the highways accurately to achieve the optimum number of vehicles on the road.
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The Park and Ride services, otherwise known as ‘incentive parking’ seek to attract as much as possible, single occupancy vehicles from going to the major cities to park in these facilities at the sub-urban fringe while shifting people to use high occupancy vehicles such as urban shuttle services, busses, minivans for the latter part of the journey. (Ginn, 2009) These refer to a “peripheral” Park-and-Ride facilities, trips originate outside of the congested urban areas; the destination are usually dispersed at different points in the urban areas. Some transport researchers have questioned whether such facilities should be located close to the city boundaries i.e. the sub-urban fringe or located near the origin of the trip.