One interesting observation is that the mean fare is ~ $10. That's the same as 4 subway rides (each one with unlimited transfers and can take you from one end of the city to the other). You need to be pretty rich to be riding a taxi regularly nowadays. Taxi fares have gone up at a far greater rate than subway fares.
NYC taxi visualization
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#62One interesting observation is that the mean fare is ~ $10. That's the same as 4 subway rides (each one with unlimited transfers and can take you from one end of the city to the other). You need to be pretty rich to be riding a taxi regularly nowadays. Taxi fares have gone up at a far greater rate than subway fares.
Of course, you can also share a taxi... it may be an indulgence to hop on a taxi alone as part of your daily commute, but it becomes much more convenient, private, and cost-effective when in a pair or small group.
These taxi data do not seem to capture taxi capacity factor / number of seats filled.
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#63I see a taxi route on: Sunday, June 29th 1913...
Me too, both of the taxis I watched showed 1913. This is some weird Y2K stuff.
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#64I watched a few different cabs and they all seemed to generate around $600 in a 24 hour period. Am I the only person who thinks this is astonishingly low?
astonishingly low? I thought that was pretty high
yes, and then there is this. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900E0D6153BF...
The demand for taxis is so high that a driver bluntly told me to give him my cell phone and setup GPS route, otherwise hes not going. And that was a good 2-burrow trip for $40. Bottom line; they don't need you -- you need them.
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#65I watched a few different cabs and they all seemed to generate around $600 in a 24 hour period. Am I the only person who thinks this is astonishingly low?
astonishingly low? I thought that was pretty high
It's a decent change. but...
- Most people do 12 hour shift. Not 24 hours.
- Most drivers lease their cabs at $100/day
- Fuel bill adds up to $15-$35 depending on car.
- There are other fees.
I think you're doing well if you net $200 in a shift on average. I think it's an optimistic figure.
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#66I was surprised by the amount of fares that just went a few blocks. Looks like it should have been pretty walkable in a lot of those cases.
Could've been raining that day. Or it may be US/NY specific... I have only been to west coast, but coming from Europe I was really surprised what's considered a "walking distance" in the city centre. 2 blocks away and people were ready to get a cab. Then again, the cabs were probably 5+ times cheaper than what I was used to in the UK. Maybe I'd use them more if it cost me $5, not £10 to go around 10 blocks away. One…
10 blocks is very much considered walking distance in NYC. People walk here all the time - it's the default mode of transport to nearby places. Cabs are usually used for specific reasons: transporting something heavy, bad weather, rider has poor mobility (injured leg, etc.), had a lot to drink, entertaining/working with a client, etc.
This isn't true in the rest of the US, however. The rest of the country is less walkable and the infrastructure is designed for cars first and foremost, so people learn to default to cars even for nearby trips. When I lived in California it was hard to get people to walk anywhere, even if it was only 5-10 minutes away.
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#67They certainly drive a lot faster when they have a fare.
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#68This doesn't seem to work on OS/X Mavericks, Chrome 36.0.1985.103 beta. When I click on "Begin", nothing happens (also no Javascript errors).
Doesn't work on Chrome Android (Nexus 7) too (latest, whatever that is)
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#69You shouldn't serve your assets (/js, /css) off of heroku. They aren't loading because of the request volume.
I think Chris was exceeding his Mapbox limits, and that was causing problems.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
astonishingly low? I thought that was pretty high
It's a decent change. but... - Most people do 12 hour shift. Not 24 hours. - Most drivers lease their cabs at $100/day - Fuel bill adds up to $15-$35 depending on car. - There are other fees. I think you're doing well if you net $200 in a shift on average. I think it's an optimistic figure.
I was chatting with a UberX driver yesterday in NYC and apparently his insurance is $7K a year (it's a Toyota Camry too, nothing super fancy).
That works out to ~$27 a day if you drive the car 5 days a week, every week of the year. Not a massive amount, but significant in the numbers we're talking about.