Taxi, anytime, anywhere
Taxi - the flexibility champion: Best practices
from around the world
5th International IRU TaxiForum, Cologne
Wim Faber, Specialist journalist (taxis) and
Director/Co-founder Taxi Research Network
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Taxi…
• ‘Networked mobility’ – no taxis at stations
• Taxi has a future, is the future as missing link
• Versatility, flexibility, cost-effectiveness,
sustainability
• Thrives on attention, proper framework and
information exchange
Taxi, anytime, anywhere Is this the taxi service of the future?
• GPS- and ‘intelligent’
on-board IT; road-side
dialogue
• Advanced communication
technology (beyond apps)
• New payment systems
(car2go)
Taxi…as diversion
Total Recall by Paul Verhoeven
Taxi Driver with De Niro
Taxi TV-series with DeVito
Cash Cab, QuizTaxi, Hep Taxi,
interview platforms, shows
• Unlimited taxi formats,
versatility and recognizable
style
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Taxi as a system = the missing link
• Johnny Cab or… Taxi is a system; more than a
vehicle and a driver
• Its USP: transport and additional services
• A system beyond (occasional) street-hail
• Not limited by vehicle size or passenger numbers
• Enhanced not limited by regulation
Examples…
• Public transport: financial and
service cuts
• Large parts of the world: taxi
backbone of public transport
• Industrialised world:
capillaries of these services,
low density
• Merging transport and
financing streams
• Seamless business travel: taxi
in booking systems
Starting point
• Recognition, regulation and
integration as public transport
• Cooperation, coordination,
economies of scale,
sustainability
• Forge international links,
exchange information
• Taxi, anytime, anywhere = the
taxi AND the system
Taxi, anytime, anywhere
Taxi Expo Update Conference
Amsterdam Rai, November 29, 2012
CHALLANS & FABER bvba
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Brussels, Belgium