Zusammenarbeit gegen den "drohenden Untergang" der Taxis

Aus der Taxibranche gibt es viel Kritik am Geschäftsmodell von Uber. Trotzdem kooperiert in Stuttgart die Taxizentrale seit kurzem mit dem Unternehmen - eine in Deutschland bislang einmalige Zusammenarbeit. Von Tim Kukral.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/taxi-uber-konkurrenz-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

https://www.alojapan.com/1229115/ride-hailing-restrictions-to-be-eased-during-2025-osaka-expo/ Ride-hailing restrictions to be eased during 2025 Osaka Expo #2025OsakaExpo #Osaka #OsakaTopics #RideHailing #taxis #tourism #大阪 #大阪府 Japan will ease restrictions on ride-hailing services during the 2025 World Exposition to be held in Osaka, the transport ministry said Thursday. The ministry told the Osaka municipal and prefectural governments at a meeting that 24-hour operations will be allowed throughout the western prefecture to meet visit…

Wusstet ihr das?

Ab 1.1.2025 werden in #Wien nur #Taxis zugelassen, die im Betrieb emissionsfrei sind. Derzeit fahren 220 der 8200 Wiener Taxis rein elektrisch.

Damit die Umstellung rascher vorangeht, steht von der Stadt Wien ein Fördertopf in Höhe von 6,4 Millionen zum Ankauf neuer E-Fahrzeuge zur Verfügung. Auch der Ausbau von Ladeinfrastruktur für Taxis soll forciert werden.

https://oekonews.at/wien-ab-2025-fahren-neue-taxis-in-der-stadt-nur-noch-elektrisch+2400+1223049

#Mobilität
#Autokorrektur

Gothamist: #nyc yellow cab trips up 19% in first month of #congestionpricing.

My eyes did not deceive me, as I previously posted that I seemed to be noticing far more occupied #taxis than usual.

https://gothamist.com/news/ailing-nyc-taxi-industry-sees-boost-in-business-after-congestion-pricing

Business owner voices concerns over plan to turn Homewood’s old police station into steakhouse https://www.byteseu.com/755122/ #business #BusinessOwnerVoiceConcern #city #homewood #issue #LiquorTax #LocalBusiness #mouron #NewSteakhouse #OpeningSteakhouse #parking #PropertyTax #SaleTax #SohoDistrict #SueGraphos #taxis

@unseenjapan propably because like the #Netherlands, #Japan has a spechal #VehicleTax Scheme re: #Taxis which instead get taxed by revenue, not flat fee.

• Which makes sense given strict #licensing and the fact that said vehicles in return are not legal to use privately.

Whilst Japan isn't known for much violent crime, I'd not use any illegal #Taxi simply because mugging is a risk factor and if something happens, insurance of the driver may not cover it with the added risk of getting charged for soliciting illegal taxi services if the police catches one as passenger...

• In other worlds: It's not worth it!

CBS News: LA man nearly misses flight as self-driving Waymo taxi drives around parking lot in circles. “A Los Angeles man nearly missed his flight back home last week, all because he says the self-driving Waymo taxi he was using to get to the airport wouldn’t stop driving around a parking lot in circles.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/06/cbs-news-la-man-nearly-misses-flight-as-self-driving-waymo-taxi-drives-around-parking-lot-in-circles/

#LLRX @psuPete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues Jan 4 2025 https://www.llrx.com/2025/01/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-january-4-2025/ 5 highlights from this week: The biggest #cybersecurity and #cyberattack stories of 2024; It’s a Risk of Driverless #Taxis That May Come as a Surprise; #Apple to pay $95 million to settle #Siri #privacy lawsuit; #ios18 #Photos app sends data to Apple without your consent; and Modern #cars have sensors, cameras, GPS for location tracking, and more, all collecting data. #surveillance #healthcare

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORPORTLAND/bulletins/3c983be

#PBOT’s discounts off #taxis, #Lyft and #Uber rides—free #TriMet, #Streetcar and #CTRAN service—are available to #Portlanders this #NewYearsEve

…get a paper coupon for up to $20 off a #taxi trip…ask staff for a coupon, and present that coupon to a BroadwayCab, FlatCab, PDXYellowCab or RadioCabies

…get $10 off a Lyft or Uber ride in #PDX. Download…Dec. 31.

…TriMet, MAX starting at 8 p.m. for free service till 3 a.m. Streetcar will lift fares from 8 pm through midnight…

Artist: #TAXIS / #o_taxis (Dimitris Trimintzios) in City: #Brindisi /Quartiere Paradiso, Via Michelangelo Buonarroti/ Italy 12/2024 - Title: "The Coming Of Lilith" ( by Daniele Guadalupi) - #Streetart #Art #Artist #Mural #Lilith

I don't catch taxis much. There have been a lot of changes to regulations in Victoria and NSW I was not aware of. This article about the problems of the industry also shares some of these regulations.
#taxis #Melbourne #Sydney #NSW

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/11/victoria-taxi-industry-crackdown-illegal-overcharging

'Las primeras investigaciones relacionan al taxista con hechos ocurridos el pasado 23 de noviembre, cuando presuntamente agredió físicamente a un conductor de Uber, quien a su vez sacó un machete de su vehículo en las inmediaciones de una plaza comercial de Cancún.'
https://www.sinembargo.mx/4584641/taxista-que-agredio-a-conductor-de-uber-en-zona-hotelera-de-cancun-es-detenido/

From View From The Wing: "Uber's Dark Descent, How abandoning innovation hurt drivers and gouges riders [...] Uber has largely given up on its ambitions" sums up why I never really bought into to the ride-hail (rideshare) concept over traditional taxis.

https://viewfromthewing.com/uber-downward-spiral/

South Africa’s first electric minibus taxi to hit the road in Cape Town

Christened the eKamva (kamva is the Xhosa word for future), the 15-seater battery-powered minibus is supported by a cluster of dedicated “taxi-rank adjacent” charging stations to support the taxi industry’s transition to electric mobility.

Coetze ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/south-africas-first-electric-minibus-taxi-to-hit-the-road-in-cape-town/

South Africa’s first electric minibus taxi to hit the road in Cape Town

https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-d423395d-24bb5df5e46af05c

Also ich bin ja schon sehr verwundert wieviele verdeckte #Einsatzfahrzeuge, getarnte #Taxis und 5-Personen-#Linienbusse es in #Aachen anscheinend gibt, wenn ich jeden Tag am neuen Lenkungspunkt Karlsgraben mit dem #Fahrrad durchfahre.

Oder identifizieren die sich alle als Fahrrad? Hatte jeder Aachener schon eine #Sondergenehmigung im Briefkasten, nur ich nicht? So viele Fragen...

#mdrza #verkehrswende #fahrradbubble @fedibikes @mastobikes_de

https://www.aachen.de/DE/stadt_buerger/verkehr_strasse/strassenplanung_bau/lenkungspunkt_karlsgraben/index.html