Introducing Taxis in the Provision of Subsidized Transport in Rural Areas (How to Minimize Social Exclusion in Times of Economic Hardship)

In March 2011, the Institute for the City on the Move (IVM) organized a workshop on Taxis and Hire Cars with Driver in small towns and rural areas. This workshop brought together fifteen experts from Ireland, the United Kingdom (UK), the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and France. The workshop brought about three main findings: (i) the issues generally discussed about taxicab regulations are irrelevant in rural contexts, (ii) subsidized transport services constitute the major part of rural taxis‘ turnover and (iii) insuring competition in the tendering process for these services is a very complex task that needs to be researched. Following this seminar research missions were conducted in France, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden with funding from the IVM and Veolia. The purpose of this research was to understand how the different agencies that finance demand responsive transportation services put them to tender, and how taxis can compete to enter these markets. This contribution is a summary of the findings of this research effort. The full research report is available on the IVM‘s website.

• Record URL:
  https://aetransport.org/past-etc-papers/conference-papers-2012
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used by permission of Association for European Transport.
• Corporate Authors:

  Association for European Transport (AET)

  1 Vernon Mews, Vernon Street, West Kensington
  London W14 0RL,    
• Authors:
  • Darbéra, Richard
  • Westerlund, Yngve
  • Cazemier, Otto
• Conference:
  • European Transport Conference 2012
  • Location: Glasgow , Scotland
  • Date: 2012-10-8 to 2012-10-10
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 22p
• Monograph Title: European Transport Conference 2012

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand responsive transportation; For hire carriers; Regulations; Rural areas; Subsidies; Taxi services
• Uncontrolled Terms: Social exclusion
• Geographic Terms: Denmark; France; Ireland; Netherlands; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01542325
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 2014 11:26AM