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

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 ConferenceAmsterdam Rai, November 29, 2012

CHALLANS & FABER bvba

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS Brussels, Belgium

CHALLANS & FABER bvba

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS Brussels, Belgium