The vehicle for hire (VFH) market – broadly comprising taxis, limousines, and app-based transport – has faced multiple and significant changes over the years, with the period since 2010 a time of major upheaval. This book documents the development of the market over time, examining its regulation and control structures, exploring its history, trends, and market theories, and discussing how these are both promoted and challenged by the changes affecting the sector.
This book reviews recent developments in the VFH industry, from the influx of new market entrants and the emergence of app-based services to their widespread use, comparing international markets and their regulation, and draws on a series of case studies in key locations in North America, Europe, and Asia. It establishes and details economic, market, social, and political theory affecting the VFH industry and devotes its second half to the definition and emergence of transport typologies and markets in which the sector has a role (or potential role). The book concludes, from a neutral standpoint, on the balance between market participants, addressing the immediate future facing the industry, including the impacts of Covid and other external factors. It considers the short- and long-term effects of market change, the role played by regulators, and the market conditions imposed upon them.
Written for industry practitioners – both suppliers and regulators – as well as the academic community, this book will inform the community and prompt further analysis of a significant and growing field in transportation.
By:
James M. Cooper,
Jorgen Aarhaug,
John Scott
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781032188034
ISBN 10: 1032188030
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 11 May 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Adult education
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chapter 1: Defining the Taxi and For Hire Industry, Chapter 2: The Current Market, Chapter 3: Taxis in Culture, Chapter 4: Socio-Economic and Political Theories, Chapter 5: Industry Structure, Chapter 6: Societal Change, Public and Passenger Perspectives, Chapter 7: Taxi Company and Driver Perspectives, Chapter 8: Regulator Perspectives, Chapter 9: Perspectives of Transportation Network Companies, Chapter 10: Future Planning, Regulation, and Rebirth, Chapter 11: Review and Conclusions, the Taxi as an Intuitive and Recurring Mode, Glossary, Index
Dr. James M. Cooper is Director at Transport Research Partners and Project Manager for the Tayside and Central Scotland Regional Transport Partnership (Tactran), UK. Jørgen Aarhaug is Senior Research Economist at the Institute of Transport Economics (TØI), Oslo, Norway. John Scott is Operations Director (retired) in the Department of For Hire Vehicles, Government of the District of Columbia. Wim Faber is Managing Director of Challans and Faber.
