TAXI REGULATORY REVISION IN PORTLAND, OREGON: A CASE STUDY

Interest in taxi regulatory revision stems from the taxicab's potential to complement or to be an alternative to conventional fixed-route transit. Taxi regulatory revision in Portland, Oregon, other cities reflects the current awareness to reduce non-essential government involvement in private enterprise, to remove regulatory barriers, and to increase competition through open entry. Taxi regulatory revision case studies have been completed in the cities of San Diego and Seattle. Other case studies now underway are in Oakland and Berkeley, California, as well as a retrospective study of revisions adopted in Indianapolis in 1973. These taxi regulatory revision case study evaluations have a common framework with the objectives of 1) documentation and analysis of the regulatory change process, and 2) assessment of impacts of changes on operators, travelers, and regulators. This report is organized into 4 sections following the introduction. Section 2 presents a brief overview of the taxicab legislative and administrative revisions adopted in Portland; Section 3 describes observed changes in local taxicab industry structural and service characteristics and rates; Section 4 discusses attitudes toward the new regulations and the local taxi industry as expressed by regulators and service providers; and Section 5 presents the case study conclusions and transferrable implications. For full descriptions of the pre-revisions taxi industry, background data on the Portland area, see report titled Taxi Regulatory Revisions in Portland, Oregon: Background and Implementation, September 1980, PB 82-218355.

• Corporate Authors:

  De Leuw, Cather and Company

  120 Howard Street
  San Francisco, CA  United States  94120

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Gelb, P
• Publication Date: 1982-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 71 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Demonstration projects; Legislation; Paratransit services; Regulatory reform; Ridership; Taxicab companies
• Geographic Terms: Portland (Oregon)
• Subject Areas: Law; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371582
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-MA-06-0049-82-7Final Rpt., DOT-TSC-UMTA-82-33
• Contract Numbers: DOT-TSC-1409
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM