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Even in the midst of terrible destruction and death and chaos, I learned how ordinary people could help their neighbors, share food, raise their children, drag someone who's being sniped at from the middle of the road even though you yourself were endangering your life, helping people get into taxis who were injured to try to take them to hospitals.
This is from a report this year from the Taxi and Limousine Commission, where we learn that there's about 13,500 taxis here in New York City.
There's data there, and I looked at that data, and I made a plot of the average speed of taxis in New York City throughout the day.
The fact that a company like Airbus is now seriously working on flying urban taxis is telling us something.
Now ... as if walking in a city buzzing with drones, flying taxis, modular buses and suspended magnetic pods was not exotic enough, I think there is another force in action that will make urban traffic mesmerizing.
Besides, my parents and my friends' parents seemed to be doing just fine driving taxis and working as janitors.
We collected video from publicly available camera feeds on the internet of people walking on the sidewalks, cars and taxis on the road, all kinds of urban movement.
In taxis, you get condoms.
I can't make out which one is my favorite, they all have a certain magic to them that totally captures to mood of the country we are in although the mood itself is that of the night where not much seems to be going on really except in our taxis.
I mean, 120 minutes watching people in taxis?
But taxis, like ambulances, must be paid for in advance, and the woman had no money.
You can’t sit in all the taxis driven by those loquacious ambassadors from India and Russia and Haiti, from Pakistan and Ghana and Guatemala.
In 50 years, computers might be doing everything from driving taxis to performing routine surgery.
Online rating platforms – specializing in hotels (TripAdvisor), restaurants (Zagat), apartments (Airbnb), and taxis (Uber) – allow travelers to exchange reviews and experiences for all to see.
Most kinds of economic stimulus won’t generate more taxis, until entry restrictions are reduced.
These days, one finds mobile phones in Nairobi taxis and among camel-herders in Northern Kenya.
What will happen to the millions of men and women who now drive trucks and taxis when the trucks and taxis can drive themselves?
But firms must deal with licenses in many areas – such as medical devices and drugs, radio stations, mines, bars, banks, insurance companies, airlines, and taxis – that are not included in the report’s indicators, even though they may be major obstacles to doing business.
Indeed, it seems that at least half of the Uber drivers I have met previously drove taxis.
The mini-bus taxis developed in response to severe shortcomings in the country’s public transport system, one characterized by high prices, low-quality service, and a chaotic operating network, but they operate entirely outside of formal laws and regulations.
The results are undeniable: at peak times, mini-bus taxis hold 65% of the entire commuter market.
New entrants could still change the competitive structure of mature platform markets – not just taxis, but tourism, consumer credit, and many other services.
But the sector is still dominated by traditional services, such as restaurants, taxis, and barbers.
Last week, a gang of armed men hijacked a mini-fleet of matatus, small group taxis, and roared into the city center, shooting as they went.
Germany, for instance, is focused on helping foreigners get their qualifications recognized – so that, for example, doctors do not have to drive taxis.
It is these people, Nairobi’s poorest residents, who build the buildings, staff the restaurants, drive the taxis, and power the city.
Take the simple case of taxi licenses: if the number of taxi licenses is fixed, and consumers start using taxis more often, what you will observe is, at most, an increase in the demand for powerful Mercedes cars that taxi drivers use, not an increase in jobs.
I remember when Amazon was known only for books, and when dirty taxis or high-priced limousines were the only alternative to public transport or my own car.
According to the National Sample Survey Office, more than 60% of rural and urban households use buses as their main mode of public transportation, followed by auto-rickshaws, taxis, railways, and cycle rickshaws.
Government regulations already require panic buttons in taxis, public buses, and other public transport; requiring them for rickshaws is the natural next step.