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Don't bother. Instead, allow for car-based mass transit, by allowing far cheaper taxi cab medallions and issuing as many as people will pay for. WHY is the co
by patrickgzill 17y ago
Don't bother.
Instead, allow for car-based mass transit, by allowing far cheaper taxi cab medallions and issuing as many as people will pay for.
WHY is the cost of a taxi cab medallion in NYC $750K?
Instead sell them for say $1200/year renewable yearly. Allow pricing to fall or rise based on the market, provided they are within a range (e.g. no less than 50 cents and no more than $3 per unit of distance traveled).
- JayNeely 17y agoThere's no way it would be more cost-efficient for people to take even a $0.50 / mile cab trip in their daily transportation than it would a $15/week bus & subway pass. The congestion would be unbelievable, both on the highway and particularly at well-used pickup and drop-off points. See: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/3342003343_0fa801cec5.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/3342003343_0fa801cec5.jp...
- patrickgzill 17y agoClever photo; however the whole idea of a cab is to serve multiple people over the course of a day; so it doesn't really apply. What would make more sense would be to show say 3 taxis, each of which had 20 fares during a shift. Which would take up less space than the parked bikes and a little more than 1 bus.
- whyenot 17y agoA single bus would have hundreds of fares over the course of a day.
- natrius 17y agoIf people keep all other aspects of their commute constant while switching from private cars to taxis, traffic will remain almost exactly the same. The same number of cars will be on the road at the same time. Parking lots will free up, but roads will stay packed.
- whyenot 17y agoThis has already been tried in many cities outside the US. It doesn't work, and instead leads to absolutely horrendous traffic jams because road space is a limited resource. Some examples: Cairo, Lagos, Mexico City.