General
Definitions of taxicabs, liveries, car services, black cars and limousines in NYC
Growth of taxi and livery industries in New York City since 1907 (see p. 30 in Taxi Fact Book)
Ratio of taxicabs to population in cities with 1,300 or more cabs (see p. 24 in Taxi Fact Book)
NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (see p. 4 in Taxi Fact Book)
Ridership
Taxicab ridership in NYC since 1990 (see p. 3 in Taxi Fact Book)
Taxicab ridership in NYC since 1963 (selected years) (see p. 5 in Taxi Fact Book)
Taxi share of trip-making in New York (see p. 3 in Taxi Fact Book)
Taxi airport trip volumes (see p. 10 in Taxi Fact Book)
Passengers per trip, 1993 (see p. 49 in Taxi Fact Book)
Passengers
Taxi trip purposes (see p. 7 in Taxi Fact Book)
Taxi trip origins, 1988 (see p. 8 in Taxi Fact Book)
Place of residence of workers using taxis for journey to work, 2000 (see p. 9 in Taxi Fact Book)
Reasons to use cabs versus subway (see p. 8 in Taxi Fact Book)
Service Quality
Customer Satisfaction Ratings (see pp. 11-12 in Taxi Fact Book)
Passenger complaints (see pp. 13-14 in Taxi Fact Book)
Experience levels and full-time/part-time driving
Driver quality and amount of driver experience
Refusal complaints and taxi live miles (see p. 15 in Taxi Fact Book)
Service Quality Issues
Strategies for improving taxi service
Service quality issues and drivers
Option of regulating driver working conditions
Option of legalizing street hail for for-hire vehicles
Option of stricter licensing and training requirements
Medallion System
Description of medallion system
Medallion prices, 1947-2003 (see pp. 40-41 in Taxi Fact Book)
Factors affecting medallion prices (see pp. 38-39 in Taxi Fact Book)
Medallion system and competition
Medallion system and driver incomes
Medallion issuance in 1990s and 2000s (see pp. 27-28 in Taxi Fact Book)
Option of lifting cap on number of taxicabs
Option of restructuring taxi medallion ownership
Taxi Service Demand and Availability
A regression model of the number of taxicabs in
U.S. cities
Trends in taxi service availability (see p. 19 in Taxi Fact Book)
Taxi availability in Midtown Manhattan (Nov. 2001) (see p. 20 in Taxi Fact Book)
Factors affecting taxi availability (see p. 21 in Taxi Fact Book)
Elasticities for taxicab demand and service availability (pdf file)
Industry Operations
Types of taxi operations (see pp. 31-33 in Taxi Fact Book)
How taxicabs are operated (see p. 32 in Taxi Fact Book)
Taxi live miles, 1987-99 (see p. 15 in Taxi Fact Book)
Fares
Taxi fares since 1951 (see p. 18 in Taxi Fact Book)
Average fares for various typical trips (see p. 16 in Taxi Fact Book)
Ratio of taxi to transit fare since 1951 (see p. 17 in Taxi Fact Book)
Airport fares (see p. 16 in Taxi Fact Book)
New York fare compared with other cities
Finances
Taxi fare revenue since 1990 (see p. 3 in Taxi Fact Book)
Where the fare dollar goes, 1993 (see p. 35 in Taxi Fact Book)
Cars
Vehicle makes, models and years (see pp. 42-43 in Taxi Fact Book)
Mileage driven per shift, 1990 (see p. 48 in Taxi Fact Book)
Paid taxicab mileage, 1963-99 (pdf file)
Taxi and livery accident frequency, severity, restraint use, trends
Drivers (generally)
New drivers licensed by TLC since 1990 (see p. 51 in Taxi Fact Book)
Why drivers come into taxi industry (see p. 55 in Taxi Fact Book)
Problems with job of driving a taxicab
Driver turnover (see p. 52 in Taxi Fact Book)
Driver retention (see p. 56 in Taxi Fact Book)
Miles traveled per taxi shift (see p. 48 in Taxi Fact Book)
Driver Demographics
Driver age and race
Place of residence of taxi drivers, 1999
Country of birth of taxi driver applicants, 1984, 1991 and 2002-04
Country of birth of taxi drivers, 2002-04
Gender of taxi drivers
Driver Finances
Taxi driver incomes (see pp. 36-37 in Taxi Fact Book)
Split of fare increases between taxi owners and drivers
Fare increases' impact on driver incomes (table)
Leasing and driver incomes
Effect of leasing on driver incomes - summarized (see p. 27 in Taxi Fact Book)
History
Haas Act (see p. 22 in Taxi Fact Book)
Fragmentation of taxi ownership (see p. 25 in Taxi Fact Book)
Minifleets (see p. 25 in Taxi Fact Book)
Advent of taxi leasing (see p. 25 in Taxi Fact Book)
Radio cabs and creation of black cars (see p. 26 in Taxi Fact Book)
Driver unionization (see p. 27 in Taxi Fact Book)
Regulatory reforms summarized (see p. 28 in Taxi Fact Book)
Development of the livery industry since 1937
Liveries
Definitions of liveries, car services and black cars
Growth of livery industry since 1964
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