SUBSIDIZED SHARED-RIDE TAXI SERVICES

Issues associated with the recent development of subsidized shared-ride taxi (SRT) service are analyzed based on a study of experience in California, where subsidized SRT has already become the predominant form of demand-responsive transportation. One set of issues concerns service provision and includes the institutional reasons for contracting, competition for contracts, contractual arrangements and their effects, and the cost-efficiency of subsidized SRT. A second major set of issues concerns the consequences for taxi firms of becoming public transit providers and includes legal implications, operational changes, labor-management relations, the impact of subsidization, and the effects of contracting on firms' financial situation and future plans. The issue analysis provides the basis for a discussion of the policy implications of California's experience with SRT. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Teal, Roger F
  • Marks, James V
  • Goodhue, Richard E
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 25-32
• Monograph Title: Paratransit 1980
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 778
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracting; Cost effectiveness; Demand responsive transportation; Legal factors; Ridesharing; Subsidies; Taxicabs
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334539
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309031230
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 28 1982 12:00AM