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Not sure about Berlin, but in many places getting a taxi license (medallion) involves paying so much money that people use mortgage-like financing to get it. Th
by avz 12y ago
Not sure about Berlin, but in many places getting a taxi license (medallion) involves paying so much money that people use mortgage-like financing to get it. This denies taxi jobs to low income and unskilled people without good credit rating.
There is clearly a lot more than taxi colors that can be improved. Rating and reviews is one such example. Price and route transparency are another. User experience (for example through replacement of call centers with mobile apps) yet another.
- Xylakant 12y agoI couldn't find the price for the taxi license in Berlin, but some Hamburg Taxi driver summarizes about 600-700 Euro for all costs included [1]. It's for an extension, so that doesn't include the health check and the special driver license you need, but all in all that should be a low 4-digit investment. There are 7000 medallions in Berlin, so that already shows it's not a mortgage-like investment. You'll have to pay the actual cab, though :) There's an app for regular cabs in germany (mytaxi) that gives you ratings, reviews, payments and the user interface improvement you wish for while still being fully legal. They basically replace the callcenter and take a commission, like a call center would do. [1] http://taxi-magazin.de/taxi/topics/buerokratie-huerden-und-kosten-einer-konzessions-verlaengerung.php http://taxi-magazin.de/taxi/topics/buerokratie-huerden-und-k...