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The TAXI Research Network
AFTER A FESTIVAL, AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND THE PUBLICATION OF AN INTRODUCTORY BOOK, IVM IS HELPING TO SET UP A TAXI NETWORK, IS CONDUCTING A STUDY ON THE ROLE OF TAXIS IN SMALLER TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS, AND IS RUNNING A FIRST WORKSHOP, AND TAKING PART IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
The Taxi Research Network
The role of taxis in small towns and rural areas in northern Europe:
What is the situation of the taxi industry and its competitors in northern Europe’s rural areas and small towns? What different models of regulation are employed there? What are the potential repercussions of the introduction of European regulation? Under the scientific management of Richard Darbéra, IVM is carrying out a study on the role of taxis in northern Europe’s small towns and rural areas. Case studies have been done in Sweden, Denmark, France and the Netherlands.
This study is being conducted with the backing of Veolia Transport
▪ How can taxis provide subsidized transport in small towns and rural areas?
International Conferences:
▪ Presentation by Richard Darbéra, scientific director of IVM’s Taxi programme, of the research on The end of the taximeter? Or the end of the taxi? at the IRU (International Road Transport Union) Taxi Forum, November 2012, Cologne
▪ Lecture by Richard Darbéra at the 40th European Transport Conference October 2012, Glasgow
How can taxis provide subsidized transport in small towns and rural areas?
▪ The Study
▪ The conference presentation
▪ IVM is joint organiser of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) session on Taxis
January 2013, Washington
Introducing competition in the provision of subsidized transport in rural areas
The Taxi Research Network is a network of researchers and international experts on urban taxi services headed by Richard Darbéra, a researcher at the CNRS and Scientific Director of the IVM programme, and by James Cooper, a researcher at Edinburgh University.
After a first meeting in July 2010 as part of the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR) in Lisbon, the network has been invited to contribute to an initial study on the role of taxis in rural areas and small towns in northern Europe, and to a workshop to be held at the Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Université de Marne-la-Vallée.
"Workshop and programme of meetings and visits, 29 and 30 March 2011
▪ Lectures, round tables and debate:
What can be done to meet mobility needs in areas with low population density? How and why do local authorities in these areas use taxis and private hire vehicles to provide school transport, transport for older people or those with reduced mobility? What roles can taxis play as an addition to or replacement for public transport provision? The seminar will bring together transport operators, researchers, local politicians and local authority representatives to discuss these questions.
▪ A programme of visits to the new town of Marne-la-Vallée and its region, and meetings
with local authority representatives and transport operators will be organised to accompany the workshop.
▪ Programme
▪"Taxicab regulation and urban residents' use and perception of taxi services: a survey in eight cities"
▪"Where are the taxi going ?"
By Richard Darbéra, researcher at CNRS/Latts and scientific director of the IVM programme
Participants:
▪ Dimitrios Tsamboulas, National Technical University Athens, "An overview of the taxi market: Effect of Regulation and Deregulation"
▪ Kathleen Doyle, Commission for Taxi Regulation, Republic of Ireland, "The liberalisation of the Small Public Service Vehicle (SPSV) market and its impacts on the industry"
▪ Matt Daus, New York City, Taxi and Limousine Commission, ""Tech" Taxis – the future of urban Transport"
▪ Jacques Lafay, Steria, "Managing Taxis' access at airports"
▪ Mathieu Gardies & Frédéric Louvard, Société du Taxi Électrique Parisien, « Electric Taxi Fleet Project for Paris »
▪ Prof. Dr. Ray Mundy, Center for Transportation Studies, University of St Louis, Missouri, "Regulating Taxis Based upon the type of local industry structure"
▪ Miquel Estrada and Javier Ortegosa, Centre for Innovation in Transport, UPC Technical University of Catalonia, "Key Performance Indicators of Barcelona Taxi systems"
▪ Miquel Estrada and Javier Ortegosa, Centre for Innovation in Transport, UPC Technical University of Catalonia, "Key Performance Indicators of Barcelona Taxi systems"
▪ Dr. James Cooper, Taxi Studies Group, Edinburgh Napier University, "Taxi Demand Modelling to ensure appropriate taxi supply"
▪ Jennie Loiris, INRIA/IMARA Team and École des Ponts-Paris Tech, « Collective taxis in cities: a simulation tool for optimal real time operation and design"
▪ José Manuel Viegas, CESUR –Instituto Superior Técnico Lisboa, "Assessing the potential of shared Taxis through simulation"
▪ Rosário Macário, Instituto Superior Técnico Lisboa, "Integration of Taxis in urban Mobility Systems: Closing quality gaps and Enhancing level of service"
▪ Sinead Ouillion and Andree, University of Coventry, "Taxis providing lifesaving journeys and access to medical care for women in developing countries".
▪ Matthew G. Karlaftis, National Technical University of Athens, "Assessing Taxi Impact on urban transport"
▪ Pascal Feillard, IVM's General secretary, "The IVM and the Taxis"
▪ Dr. Peter Ingram Monk, Accessible Transport Forum Dumfries and Galloway, Does it really need to be this difficult?
▪ Paul Simpson, Taxi Studies Group, "Impact of over-supply in deregulated markets"
▪ Wim Faber, Challans and Faber, "How deregulation benefits reregulation"
▪ Sean Barrett, Trinity College Dublin, Irish Taxis- "A Deregulated Decade from an Economists perspective"
▪ Rémi Lebeda, International Road Transport Union (IRU), "IRU and Taxis"
▪ Prof. Margaret Grieco, Edinburgh Napier University, "Taxis in Development"
▪ Jeff Duffell, Mobisoft UK, "How can Demand Responsive Transport gain wider acceptance?"
▪ Sheila Fletcher, Community Transport Association, "Finding solutions to transport problems in rural areas"
▪ Jørgen Aarhaug, Norwegian Transport Economic Institute, "Introducing Competitive Tendering - Impact on Taxi Services, Norwegian Experience"
These latest phases of the programme follow on from the international conference and Taxi Festival organised by IVM in Lisbon in 2007, and the publication of the book on the subject "Where next for the taxi?", by Richard Darbéra, published by Descartes & Cie – Collection "Les Urbanités".
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Contact/Information: Scientific director: Richard Darbéra, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, darbera@enpc.fr IVM : vilmouv@vilmouv.com |
Où vont les taxis ? [Where are the taxis going]
By Richard Darbéra
A researcher at the CNRS and lecturer at the Paris Institute of Urban Planning, he is one of the world’s leading specialists in the history and economics of the taxi.
Published by Descartes & Cie, “Les urbanités” Collection, €16
This book builds on the themes of the international colloquy and taxi festival organised by IVM.
Everywhere in the world, the taxi is set to play a central role in the future of urban mobility. On the supply side, the revolution in practices brought about by the mobile phone and GPS still have a long way to go in terms of improvements in service and reductions in costs. On the demand side, demographic and lifestyle changes and environmental imperatives are beginning to create certain needs that the taxi is best able to meet at minimum cost.
It is because they are an essential element in the range of mobility options, that taxis are found in all the world’s cities. The surveys conducted by IVM in seven European cities and in New York show it: people take taxis by choice, but equally often by necessity.
That is why in most European countries, the authorities subsidise taxi services for certain categories of the population, such as the elderly, the unemployed, etc.
These forces that govern the role of the taxi and the demand for mobility apply everywhere, but the resistances they encounter differ from one city to the next. However, even in cities where existing positions seem most firmly entrenched, the attraction of these markets is such that new players are managing to infiltrate gaps in the system by means of innovation.
IVM commissioned a survey with residents of New York and seven European capitals to find out how, how often and for what kinds of journeys the inhabitants of those cities use taxi services; and for those who do not use them, why they don't. An analysis of the survey findings shows to what extent the role of taxis in the mobility of city dwellers is governed by their city's taxi regulation policies.
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International colloquium In the frame of the european mobility week With the support of the Gulbenkian Foundation |
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| L'Institut pour la ville en mouvement remercie pour leurs images : Les correspondants de Peugeot en Afrique du Sud, France, Japon, Mexique et Russie. Chand Nirankari à New York. Federico Graf à Buenos Aires. Hou Mingming et Liu Zhao à Shanghaï. Remerciements à Andrès Borthagaray, Simone Duarte et José Manuel Viegas. |
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It is part of the collective imagination of our cities, of the colour of the city, of the traveller’s memories. The driver is sometimes the first person you meet when exploring a city, a kind of ambassador. A figure in our day-to-day lives, a character in the movies, the taxi driver plays an essential role both in urban travel and in our representations of the city. With an international conference on technical, organizational and institutional innovations relating to the taxi; a survey in France and abroad on the new roles of the taxi in urban mobility and the organization in September of this year of a taxi festival with cultural and performance events involving professionals and the public, the City on the Move Institute is keen to highlight the potential resources of this method of transportation. Some 200 urban transportation researchers, professionals and experts, together with municipal representatives from cities in 21 countries took part in the conference with the aim of opening up and and contributing to the debate on role of the taxi as an inherent component of sustainable urban mobility.
International scientific and technical conference
Lisbon, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
September 20-21, 2007
Under the Management of Richard Darbéra, a researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS / LATTS) and José Manuel Viegas, Professor at the Lisbon Higher Technical Institute.
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Abstracts case studies
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The festival
A festival of film at the cinema library, an international short-film competition (portuguese version) in partnership with FIKE at the Franco-Portuguese Institute, a taxi rank design competition for architecture and design students in Portugal, three photographic exhibitions at the municipal archives, a photo exhibition at the FNAC, focus on Strip Cartoons at the New French Bookshop, readings at the Ler Devagar bookshop, personal stories at the Cabaret Maxime, the TAXI + competition for Lisbon's cab drivers, theatrical shows, A Festival opening party in Santiago Alquimista...
© PSA Peugeot Citroën-Meyer
International survey on taxi use
Conducted by the GfK Institute in partnership with CIAO and IVM, this comparative survey with actual and potential taxi users aims to describe their expectations, identify the obstacles to greater use, and analyse new roles for the taxi in mobility systems. The aim is to identify and suggest urgent measures to match changing needs and to help implement the resources required to achieve this.
A survey carried out in May 2007 with 3000 actual or potential cab users in five big cities: Amsterdam, Lisbon, London, New York and Paris. GfK will present the findings of the survey to the press in Paris, then to those attending the scientific conference in Lisbon in September 2007.
Download the full survey
Download a summary of the findings
Taxis of tomorrow
Which of us, when travelling for business or pleasure, has not dreamed of using a taxi journey to find out about the city or obtain information on events, of relaxing to our favourite radio station, or getting news on the latest international events?
These are just a few examples of the services built into the demonstration vehicles constructed by PSA Peugeot Citroën in collaboration with Orange and Optimus as part of the “taxis of the future” programme. Through a 20 inch screen, a special amplifier for the rear seats and a “CarBox”, passengers can enjoy a range of audio and video content: several Internet radio and TV programmes (in the language of their choice!), online video games, access to e-mail, connection of portable music devices, WiFi access points, etc.
Taxi drivers are not left out of the loop, since they have the latest innovations in telematic systems, with Citroen’s NaviDrive and Peugeot’s RT4 technology. In addition to the audio, 3-D navigation and hands-free telephone functions, these systems include an emergency call function and real-time traffic information accessible through an Internet Webcam viewer.
As the two demonstration vehicles show, the latest innovations in multimedia and telecommunications systems, and in particular high-speed 3G/3G+ networks, offer unprecedented prospects for exciting new developments.
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