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Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport Publisher: OECD Publishing ISBN: 9282101045 Category : Languages : en Pages : 88
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This joint ECMT/IRU study examines factors relating to the design and manufacture of taxi vehicles and considers practical measures to increase the production and use of accessible taxis.
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport Publisher: OECD Publishing ISBN: 9282101045 Category : Languages : en Pages : 88
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This joint ECMT/IRU study examines factors relating to the design and manufacture of taxi vehicles and considers practical measures to increase the production and use of accessible taxis.
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport Publisher: European Conference of Ministers of Transportaion ISBN: Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 188
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Conference papers and proceedings.
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309104726 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 619
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The future of disability in America will depend on how well the U.S. prepares for and manages the demographic, fiscal, and technological developments that will unfold during the next two to three decades. Building upon two prior studies from the Institute of Medicine (the 1991 Institute of Medicine's report Disability in America and the 1997 report Enabling America), The Future of Disability in America examines both progress and concerns about continuing barriers that limit the independence, productivity, and participation in community life of people with disabilities. This book offers a comprehensive look at a wide range of issues, including the prevalence of disability across the lifespan; disability trends the role of assistive technology; barriers posed by health care and other facilities with inaccessible buildings, equipment, and information formats; the needs of young people moving from pediatric to adult health care and of adults experiencing premature aging and secondary health problems; selected issues in health care financing (e.g., risk adjusting payments to health plans, coverage of assistive technology); and the organizing and financing of disability-related research. The Future of Disability in America is an assessment of both principles and scientific evidence for disability policies and services. This book's recommendations propose steps to eliminate barriers and strengthen the evidence base for future public and private actions to reduce the impact of disability on individuals, families, and society.
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport Publisher: OECD Publishing ISBN: 928211287X Category : Languages : en Pages : 76
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This report sets out a range of actions to be taken by governments and the taxi profession so that this mode of transport can, in a profitable way, provide accessible affordable transport for all.
Author: James T H Button Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1784511293 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 1645
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The fourth edition of Button on Taxis completely updates the text to take account of changes to legislation, case law and Guidance since the publication of the third edition. These include important Senior Court decisions relating to adoption of legislation, local authority decision-making processes, licence fees, Hackney carriage ranks, suitability of drivers and action against licensed vehicles. The legislative changes include extensions to the duration of certain licences and the ability for private hire operators to subcontract across local authority boundaries. In addition, the impact of booking systems such as Uber is considered together with the Law Commission's proposals for reform of Hackney carriage and private hire legislation. This new edition will provide a timely update to what is acknowledged as an essential handbook for the taxi licensing practitioner.
Author: Graham Russell Gao Hodges Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 1421437805 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 281
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Why the cabdriver is the real victim of the false promises of Uber and the gig economy. 2007 Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton University Industrial Relations Section Hailed in its first edition as a classic study of New York City's history and people, Graham Russell Gao Hodges's Taxi! is a remarkable evocation of the forgotten history of the taxi driver. This deftly woven narrative captures the spirit of New York City cabdrivers and their hardscrabble struggle to capture a piece of the American dream. From labor unrest and racial strife to ruthless competition and political machinations, Hodges recounts this history through contemporary news accounts, Hollywood films, and the words of the cabbies themselves. A new preface recalls the author's five years of hacking in New York City in the early 1970s, and a new concluding chapter explores the rise of app-based ridesharing services with the arrival of companies like Uber and Lyft. Sharply criticizing the use of the independent contractor model that is the cornerstone of Uber and the gig economy, Hodges argues that the explosion of for-hire vehicles in Manhattan reversed decades of environmental anti-congestion efforts. He calls for a return to the careful regulations that governed taxicabs for decades and provided a modest yet secure living for cabbies. Whether or not you've ever hailed a cab on Broadway, Taxi! provides a fascinating perspective on New York's most colorful emissaries.
Author: Baris Ata Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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This paper studies how search friction and spatial pricing can impact the taxi market in New York City. We use a mean field model, in which the taxi drivers strategically search for customers in different neighborhoods across the city, taking into account the spatial and temporal distribution of the supply and demand as well as the prices across the city. A crucial component of our model is the matching model that captures the statistical economies of scale in the taxi market. Our model captures the interplay between search friction, due to empty taxis and customers within the same neighborhood failing to pair efficiently and spatial pricing, where prices depend on either the origin of the ride alone or both its origin and destination. The use of mobile applications can alleviate search friction within a neighborhood while spatial pricing can incentivize relocation of empty taxis to a neighborhood. We fit our model to a dataset of New York City taxi rides over four years and conduct a series of counterfactual studies to explore how spatial pricing impacts demand for and supply of rides, consumer welfare, and drivers' profit. Our analysis reveals that there is significant unmet demand in areas with low demand density, while there is little unmet demand in areas with high demand density. Spatial prices that only use origin information can increase consumer surplus by 7.0% of the average fare and serve 2.6% more customers without hurting the drivers' profit. Moreover, we find that eliminating the (local) search inefficiency alone can increase consumer surplus by 13.9% of the average fare and serve 4.3% more customers while simultaneously increasing drivers' profit by 2.5% of the average fare. We also observe that improving search efficiency primarily impacts under-served neighborhoods such as upper Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, while pricing primarily impacts well-served neighborhoods, for example, the airports, midtown, and downtown Manhattan. This underscores the value of a hybrid mechanism. We propose a mechanism in which (local) search is eliminated in all neighborhoods while spatial pricing is only used in well-served neighborhoods. This mechanism increases consumer surplus by 21.5% of the average fare and serves 8.7% more customers while avoiding higher prices in less affluent neighborhoods of the city. The proposed mechanism achieves 96.3% of the benefits of a citywide spatial pricing and friction removal mechanism.
Author: James Cooper Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317046684 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 213
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The taxicab makes a significant contribution to the accessibility of a city, and provides a wide range of services across many different social groups and urban environments. This study considers the roles and functions of the taxi from its origins as the first licensed form of public transport, to the current variations of vehicle type and operation, to predictions for its future development. Also addressed here is the impact which this ubiquitous form of transport has on contemporary urban life, and the analytical tools being used and developed for its licensing and control.
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Author: Great Britain. Department for Transport
Author: Institute of Medicine
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Author: James T H Button
Author: Graham Russell Gao Hodges
Author: Baris Ata
Author: James Cooper