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There’s no justification for most urban taxi journeys

Brian Dalton - Purley, Surrey, CR8
29 July 2011
 

I read an article in your sister publication New Transit by Kristine Beuret, chair of the National Association of Taxi Users, asking “Why aren’t taxis treated as a serious part of the public transport mix?”

If we were inventing an extension of public transport provision, today, it is unlikely that we would choose taxis. Knowing what we know now, the use of a two-tonne automobile for the transport of, usually, one person would not be an option. This is especially true over the...

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