DRIVE A2B December 2020
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examples. Some taxi service<br />
companies are reporting a drop<br />
from 95% occupancy rate to just<br />
10%. Cab rental firms have had to<br />
hire fields and car parks to store<br />
unused vehicles. Desperate drivers<br />
are selling off their cabs well below<br />
the market value to get through the<br />
next months.<br />
“This is not what anyone would<br />
have predicted for a service that is<br />
an<br />
<strong>2020</strong><br />
integral<br />
Taxi<br />
part<br />
and<br />
of the city’s DNA,<br />
and<br />
Ride-Hailing<br />
a business that<br />
Digital<br />
was considered<br />
a<br />
Conference<br />
successful one.<br />
SMART<br />
PERSONAL<br />
“This crisis has made the essential<br />
role played by taxi and ride hailing<br />
services clear to us. They provided<br />
vital transportation services to<br />
front-line staff. They ensured that<br />
cities remained moving for those<br />
who needed it during these severe<br />
RIDES<br />
times.<br />
2-3 <strong>December</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
“While most activities in the<br />
Online<br />
city had been suspended, these<br />
transportation services continued<br />
to operate to serve those who have<br />
no other mobility choice and the<br />
healthcare personnel.<br />
“For example, in Singapore, Grab<br />
partnered with the city authorities<br />
to provide rides to doctors and<br />
hospital staff.<br />
“Not only are these services<br />
being used to get from one place<br />
to another safely, in cities like<br />
New York, taxi services are also<br />
being used to provide meals to<br />
homeless people. It is not just<br />
about mobility… but about serving<br />
people.<br />
about what the industry must now<br />
focus on as it exits the constraints<br />
placed upon it as a result of the<br />
pandemic.<br />
Dr Kaeller highlighted the need for<br />
the international taxi and ridehailing<br />
industry to work towards<br />
The Taxi and Ride-hailing complimenting Digital Conference public transport is an<br />
excellent opportunity offerings. to gain That in-depth includes knowledge the rise<br />
and learn about smart of cycling, solutions walking with and leading scooting. taxi<br />
experts from across Using the world. advancing technology the<br />
industry should also be challenging<br />
“Another point made The next clear edition by the of the efficiency Taxi and Ride-Hailing reducing the number Event<br />
crisis, is that public will transportation<br />
be jointly hosted of by ‘dead UITP miles’ and each Messe cabbie Karlsruhe drives.<br />
services, including and taxi is and now ride a fully-digital experience, under the<br />
hailing, are undervalued. theme ‘Smart Though Personal There Rides’. was also a strong acceptance<br />
there is a consensus about its that taxis and ride-sharing vehicles<br />
essential role, the Learn sector the hasn’t latest developments were to lead the in taxi way revolution in electrifying at<br />
received the needed this upcoming financial and event. the road network.<br />
institutional aid.<br />
As the only event of One its kind of the to most bring interesting the taxi and<br />
“UITP advocates ride-hailing on behalf of sectors together questions which to consider resonated the<br />
its members, and future, the sector you in can hear throughout from international many of the speakers sessions<br />
general, on the need across for two major days’ worth and of which sessions certainly as struck they discuss a chord<br />
funding mechanisms the latest that will developments with us in here the at taxi TaxiPoint, and app was how<br />
assist the sector revolution. with the extensive does the industry and individual<br />
losses accumulated.”<br />
cab drivers ensure they stay<br />
For more information relevant visit www.uitp.org/events<br />
to the communities they<br />
During the same opening keynote serve in a transitioning transport<br />
speech Dr. Anja Kaeller, Legal landscape?<br />
Officer for Mobility and Transport<br />
by Perry Richardson<br />
European Commission, spoke<br />
www.taxi-point.co.uk<br />
(UITP) The International Association of Public Transport works to enhance quality of life and economic well-being by supporting and promoting sustainable transport in urban areas<br />
worldwide. As a passionate champion of sustainable urban mobility, UITP is internationally recognised for its work to advance the development of this critical policy agenda.<br />
With more than 1800 members in 100 countries, UITP has a long history to its name, and is the only worldwide network to bring together all public transport stakeholders and all<br />
sustainable transport modes.
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