Transportation network companies and taxis : the case of Seattle /
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Definitions and concepts; Summary; What is a taxicab?; Taxicab vehicle and equipment; Taximeters and how they work; Taxicab industry organization; Taxicab industry economics; 2 Economic regulation (1912-1978); History of regulation; Economic regulation; Safety regulation; Service regulation; Regulatory enforcement; Legal environment; 3 Economic deregulation (1979-1983); History of deregulation; National economy; Taxicab industry economics; Political environment; Legal environment
- 4 Deregulation: lessons learnedResults of deregulation; A perfectly competitive market; The unregulated taxicab market; Fare (price) elasticity of demand; Lack of reliable data for analysis; Deregulation and market failure; The decision to deregulate; Lessons about taxicab entry and rate regulation; 5 Economic reregulation (1984-1995); History of reregulation; Taxicab industry economics; Taxicab safety regulation; Legal environment; Political environment; 6 Regulatory revision (1996-2010); History of regulatory revision; Revision of the taxicab code; Implementation of the new taxicab code
- Taxicab industry economicsTaxicab service; 7 De facto economic deregulation (2011-present); History of de facto deregulation; Taxicab demand study (2013); Taxicab ordinance 124524 (2014); Taxicab industry economics; 8 TNC vs. taxicabs; Summary; TNC industry economics; TNC revenue trips vs. taxicab industry revenue trips; Lack of TNC industry data; Demographics of drivers; TNC driver hourly earnings; TNC profitability; TNC driver and customer "switching costs"; Below-cost fares; Autonomous (self-driving) vehicles and labor; Demand (surge) pricing; Capacity utilization rate
- Uber's planned 2019 IPOUber's bike-share (JUMP); 9 TNC industry growth (2013-present); Introduction; TNC revenue trip statistics; TNC vehicles and drivers in Seattle and King County; Estimated TNC fare revenue; Estimated TNC driver earnings; Comparison of TNC and taxicab trips and revenue; TNC vehicle and driver license fees; TNC traffic collision statistics; Summary; 10 Pending issues; Proposed TNC minimum distance rate; Proposed collective bargaining by TNC drivers; Survival of the taxicab industry; 11 The future; The path forward; TNC industry strategy and tactics
- Suggestions to save taxicab industryTaxicab industry economics; The New York plan: TNC driver minimum wage and utilization rate; TNC growth and traffic congestion; Post-taxicab Seattle; Appendices; A Taximeter rates in Seattle (1932-2014); B Seattle taxicab industry total revenue (1997-2018); C Average annual revenue trips by Seattle taxicabs (1968-2018); D Taxicab medallion market values (1991-2017); E Seattle taxicab average revenue trips per taxicab (2005-2018); F Sea-Tac airport taxicab concession outbound trips (1997-2017)