A Study on Taxi Fare Structure
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Wang, Kuan-Yao
Abstract
Taxi is defined as a paratransit in urban public transportation systems. Comparing with conventional public transit systems, taxi has features of convenience, speediness, privacy and comfort. As a result, it plays an important role in urban area. Most studies of taxi focus on optimal pricing and management; however, few of them discussed the reasonableness of the fare structure. This study aims to formulate a new fare structure in which the flag-drop distant is re-examed while the average vacant cost is considered as the flag-drop fee. In the proposed fare structure, the mean fare is determined by passengers’ travel distant and time so that it can eliminate the problems in existing fare structure that can not reflect the market status, time cost, and the unfairness of sharing vacant cost. It is concluded that the new fare structure is able to accommodate different demand and supply patterns. This study has also used the historical taxi operation data in Taipei metropolitan area to verify the applicability of the new fare structure based on scenario analysis. It is shown that the new fare structure applied in a good operational environment can lead the taxi market situation into virtuous circle, in which the effectiveness is comparatively better for operational environment with higher price elasticity.
Subjects
Taxi
Fare Structure
Vacant Rate
Scenario Analysis
SDGs
Type
thesis
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