Taxi service and private-hire driver companies (VTCs) offer their services through online platforms to cater for passenger demand yet there is a lack of studies as who these passengers are, what demands are how gain loyalty over the next years. Based on survey taxi VTC in Spain, we have performed different qualitative quantitative analyses explore connections between passengers' profiles, exper...

The first radio taxi service in Brazil was created in Curitiba in 1976. The business model used that time was still in place until the creation of taxi service online applications for mobiles in 2012. Taxi cooperatives and associations saw their traditional business model being run over by the new technology. The final objective of this investigation is to verify how the cooperative business mo...

A continuous spatial query runs over long periods of time and requests constant reporting of its result as the data dynamically change. Typically, the query type is range or nearest neighbor (NN), and the assumed distance metric is the Euclidean one. In general, there are multiple queries being processed simultaneously. The query points and the data objects move frequently and arbitrarily, i.e....

INTRODUCTION With an ageing population, policy makers need to balance active ageing needs with older driver safety. In 2009, a survey of licensing policies for taxi drivers in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia was undertaken for an evidence-based review of policies. METHODS Licensing requirements collected using semi-structured questionnaires were compared descriptively and with evidence fro...

The taxi service systems in big cities are immensely complex due to the interaction and self-organization between taxi drivers and passengers. An inefficient taxi service system leads to more empty trips for drivers and longer waiting time for passengers, and introduces unnecessary congestion to road network. Although understanding the performance of urban taxi service system is important, the ...

Taxicab service plays a vital role in public transportation by offering passengers quick personalized destination service in a semiprivate and secure manner. Taxicabs cruise the road network looking for a fare at designated taxi stands or alongside the streets. However, this service is often inefficient due to a low ratio of live miles (miles with a fare) to cruising miles (miles without a fare...

Taxi sharing services are increasingly becoming important to meet rising accessibility needs and maintain stable income-earning societies with rising social capital [1]. Mobile platforms for taxi sharing are currently in development both commercially and within academic institutions. The success of these platforms relies not only on robust algorithms but also on appropriate consideration of hum...

Taxi is a type of vehicle leasing service, which includes hiring the services driver along with vehicle. The study was undertaken for customers Uber and Ola in India to assess Service quality from customer’s perspective. also aimed identify differences between expectations perceptions service dimensions compares Ola. objectives this were achieved by using structured questionnaire. questionnaire...

Electronic taxi dispatch systems are in wide use today. These systems have replaced the traditional VHF-radio dispatch by installing mobile data terminals in taxis, which typically provide GPS localization information and taximeter state. In the last couple of years, the broadcast-based radio messages for service dispatching were replaced by unicast-based messages between the taxi central and t...