DEREGULATION OF THE DUTCH TAXI SECTOR

There is at present little information on the way consumers will react to changes in fares and waiting times in the taxi sector. For policy formulation, such insight is important and the Ministry of Transport in the Netherlands has decided to undertake a study to get more insight into these reactions. A Stated Preference survey was conducted among 300 users and non users of taxis in the Netherlands. The respondents were asked for a certain trip by taxi to choose between several attributes such as fare level, waiting time, aspects of comfort and travel time. From the information of the SP survey, fare and waiting time elasticities can be calculated. This paper describes the background of the study, the SP method used and will show the estimated elasticities. For the covering abstract see IRRD E102382.

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• Authors:
  • Rouwendal, J
  • MEURS, H
  • JORRITSMA, P
• Conference:
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLANNING AND OPERATIONS. PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR F HELD AT THE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT CONFERENCE, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY, ENGLAND, 14-18 SEPTEMBER 1998. VOLUME P425
• Publication Date: 1998-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 37-49

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Comfort; Conferences; Federal government; Interviewing; Public transit; Statistical sampling; Tariffs; Taxicabs; Traffic delays; Travel; Travel time; Travelers; Trip length
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 9138: Comfort; 8525: Conference; 9010: Delay; 183: Government (national); 9147: Interview; 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 8078: Netherlands; 744: Public transport; 1755: Road user; 6553: Sample (stat); 9072: Selection; 241: Tariff; 1148: Taxi
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00779111
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-86050-315-1
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 7 1999 12:00AM