NTL Record

Title Effects of Taxi Regulatory Revision in San Diego, California
Record ID 50508
Personal Name
Creator
Gelb, Pat M.
Source 336p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator De Leuw, Cather & Company
Corporate
Contributor
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Office of Planning Assitance
Publisher United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publication Date 19830501
Language English
Abstract Effective January 1979 the City of San Diego removed its previous ceiling on taxi licenses and began issuing 6 new taxi permits every month; in July, this limit was raised to 15. In August, the city replaced the standard rate of fare with a variable pricing policy under which taxi companies may file and charge individually-determined rates. An initial maximum rate was removed in October 1980. This Final Report evaluates the effects of these taxi regulatory revisions on local taxi service suppliers, taxi users, and taxi regulators. Evaluation issues included changes in the level and quality of taxi service, taxi user characteristics and awareness of service, taxi service productivity measures and the administrative efforts involved in implementation. Since the city's code changes affected taxi industry size and operations at San Diego International Airport and in San Diego County, special attention was also paid to interjurisdictional issues.
Rosap ID dot:11892
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11892
TRT Terms Administration; Deregulation; Fares; Implementation; Level of service; Permits; Pricing; Productivity; Quality of service; Regulation; Taxicab companies; Urban areas
Classification NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE;
NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Economic Impacts;
NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Transit Economics and Finance;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Paratransit;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Economics and Finances;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Social Impacts
Geographical
Coverage
San Diego (California)
Report Number UMTA-CA-06-0127-83-1; HS-035 462; DOT-TSC-UMTA-83-15
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/50000/50500/50508/DOT-TSC-UMTA-83-15.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository