The role of taxicab services as another means of public transportation is cited including services of large taxicab vehicles, multi-origin destination taxi systems responding on demand, and shared ride taxi systems. Vehicle monitoring systems for centralized management to provide location for fleet vehicles are described as are user characteristics and taxi traffic in urban areas. Regulations and ordinances, policies, operating and economic characteristics of the urban taxicab industry including fare structure, computer applications and market studies are covered. (This updated bibliography contains 125 citations, 25 of which are new entries to the previous edition.)
Taxicab Transportation. 1964-March 1983 (Citations from the NTIS Data Base)
1983
135 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Road Transportation , Bibliographies , Urban transportation , Automobiles , Services , Industrial relations , Coordination , Centralized control , Transportation management , Vehicles , Scheduling , Passenger transportation , Common carriers , Travel demand , User needs , Marketing , Economic factors , Operations research , Policies , Regulations , Rates(Costs) , Licenses , Statutes , Ordinances , Elderly persons , Handicapped persons , Taxicabs , Shared ride taxi systems , Paratransit , Transportation planning , Demand responsive transportation systems , Trip sharing , Public transportation , Automatic vehicle monitoring , Automatic vehicle location systems , Fare structures , Taxicab industry , Taxicab drivers