 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - 1970 - 1200 pages
...on the street during morning or afternoon rush hours according to a Public Service Commission Study. This scarcity of cabs during rush hours greatly contributes...difficult to find and hold. There is constant pressure to increase taxicab rates either by increasing the fares or reducing the size of zones. Every such change... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee - 1970 - 1186 pages
...on the street during morning or afternoon rush hours according to a Public Service Commission Study. This scarcity of cabs during rush hours greatly contributes...difficult to find and hold. There is constant pressure to increase taxicab rates either by increasing the fares or reducing the size of zones. Every such change... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - 1970 - 1196 pages
...on the street during morning or afternoon rush hours according to a Public Service Commission Study. This scarcity of cabs during rush hours greatly contributes...difficult to find and hold. There is constant pressure to increase taxicab rates either by increasing the fares or reducing the size of zones. Every such change... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1970 - 1200 pages
...In this way the driver is being paid for his time and will stay in the area during rush periods. 4. Changing rates and zone boundaries causes confusion....increasing costs of living and of doing business, the full-time taxicab drivers are difficult to find and hold. There is constant pressure to increase taxicab... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1972 - 132 pages
...increment for each 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 or 1/6 mile travelled, etc. This means that a passenger does not nave to pay the whole zone fare for riding two blocks or...difficult to find and hold. There is constant pressure to increase taxicab rates either by increasing the fares or reducing the size of zones. Every such change... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1972 - 1626 pages
...adopting meters would result in prohibitively high rates are incorrect. Based on rate studies, meters A system which incorporates taximeters is equitable...difficult to find and hold. There is constant pressure to increase taxicab rates either by increasing the fares or reducing the size of zones. Every such change... | |
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This scarcity of cabs during rush hours greatly contributes to the urban transit problem of moving passengers quickly and efficiently. This problem is solved automatically with taximeters because they are constructed to shift over from mileage rate to... 