Taipei Taxi

As a City Flaneur

Outline General introduction Negative cases about taxi drivers

Different types of operation

Development & Difficulties

Competitiveness and Taxi’s future

Taxi driver as a City Flaneur The Cabbie Director

The Self identity and relationships

Various types of passengers and taxi drivers

Other themes– Marriage and Ending

Famous social cases about Taxi:

November 30th, 1996: 彭婉如

1994: 全民計程車行

Types of Operation

車行 運輸合作社 個人

Development 1978- 1996

Individual and cooperative licenses were frozen by Taipei City Government

<Situation> Taxi companies dominant Renting a license from company + security payment (de

posit) + monthly payment Getting nothing back after retirement or withdraw

•Opposition from Chuan-Ming Taxi-Driver Solidarity (CMTS)CMTS’s active involvement in DPP political movement The fulfillment of Chen Shui-Bian’s campaign promise

Liberalization of the cooperative license<Situation> Near-monopoly Fixed rate, fixed obligations

New license under cooperative organizations– Taxi coops

<Situation> Allowed to form cooperative-base, non-profit organizations

Difficulties Negative images Strong political stance– CMTS

People from lower class or less educated

Involved in many social events– crimes

The decrease of passengers The construction of MRT– especially 板南 & 新店線 The competitive pressure of city buses

The government policy Traffic rules

Picky police

Competitiveness & future

1. Explore their customers 2. Improve service quality

Learning English

Decorate cars

Equipment 3. Cooperate with companies.

Taipei City- In the Eyes of A Flaneur

Route

信義區 公館 南昌路 小南門

中華路 萬華 康定路 麒麟大飯店 環河北路 西門町 萬年大樓 書報攤 遠東百貨 長安西路 重慶北路的圓環 寧夏夜市 民生西路 中山北路

The Cabbie 運轉手之戀

導演 : 陳以文、張華坤拍攝時間 : 2000 年

Director Information

陳以文 果醬 Jam, 1998 想死趁現在 , 1999 運轉手之戀 , 2000 注重影像構造和動感效果 節奏明快

Self-identity of Taxi Driver Toward the “Vocation” :

“ 這行不是幹假的” “ 服務精神” ( 林大哥 )

Toward the “Technique”: “ 當同年齡的青少年還在無照騎

機車的時候，他已經在無照開車了。對他來講，學校成績不好没關係，但是如果開車開不好，或是考駕照不能一次過關，那這輩子就没人瞧得起了。”

“ 最大目標不是賺錢，而是在技術上得到那些計程車老手的贊同”

“ 不要做只有駕照不會開車的笨蛋”

Relationships Between…Taxi driver vs. the taxi

“ 我想從那一天開始我就已經愛上他了”

Taxi driver vs. danger

Taxi driver vs. passengers 1. “ 除了心理醫師和神父，還有什麼人要像計程車 司機 那

樣聽那麼多人的内心秘密？” 2. “ 計程車司機可謂見多識廣，通過男主角的自述，描述了

這一經過，他所講的並不只是自己的故事，而是講他耳聞目睹的不少趣事，是日常人的趣事”

Various Types of Passengers -- 痞子 : 唐從聖 --pregnant woman

-- 抱怨不停 -- 小氣鬼 -- 借錢

Various types of taxi drivers The one who is skillf

ul: 熱心蔡 The one who is the b

usiest: 阿東 The one who sucks:

阿亮 倒車棋仔

Marriage

Taxi driver vs. 法醫

Taxi driver vs. police

Ending

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