Challenges on Taxi Management in Kathmandu Valley: Taxi Drivers Perspectives

Niranjan Devkota; Anshu Ghimire; Udbodh Bhandari; Seeprata Parajuli; Udaya Poudel

doi:10.47747/ijfr.v2i3.356

Authors

Niranjan Devkota 1Quest International College, Pokhara University, Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal
Anshu Ghimire Quest International College, Pokhara University, Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal
Udbodh Bhandari Quest International College, Pokhara University, Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal
Seeprata Parajuli 1Quest International College, Pokhara University, Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal
Udaya Poudel Quest International College, Pokhara University, Gwarko, Lalitpur, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47747/ijfr.v2i3.356

Keywords:

Taxi service, Digital service, Taxi drivers, Taxi Management

Abstract

Taxi as a means of transportation has been emerging as a handy option for people of any age for any occasion if they need to travel. Thus, this study aims to analyze challenges on taxi management in Kathmandu valley, Nepal, from the perspective of taxi drivers. A descriptive method is applied in the survey, and qualitative analysis is made among 386 taxi drivers of Kathmandu valley. The study's findings revealed that 77% of taxi drivers face challenges in the valley. Significant challenges arise from increasing private vehicles and easy access to public transportation, emergence of online vehicle service providers, government rules and regulations, and parking difficulties. Therefore, the study concludes that policymakers and responsible authorities should consider the strategy to improvise the overall taxi management system in the valley. This study can be useful to concerned authorities in taxi management services to make strategies for the betterment and to mitigate the challenges in the field. If the taxi management system got effective, that would be encouragement for other vehicle management.

References

Adhikari, D. B., Gupta, P., Devkota, N., Paudel, U. R., & Parajuli, S. (2021). Challenges in the transformation of informal business sector towards formal business sector in Nepal: Evidence from descriptive cross-sectional study. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 39(2), 95-106.

Are, A., Important, A. N., Of, E., & In, M. (2006). Do economists conclude taxi deregulation? Econ Journal Watch, 3(1), 109–132.

Cervero, R., & Golub, A. (2007). Informal transport: A global perspective. Transport Policy, 14(6), 445–457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2007.04.011

D` Orey, P. M., Fernandes, R., & Ferreira, M. (2012). Empirical evaluation of a dynamic and distributed taxi-sharing system. IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Proceedings, ITSC, 140–146. https://doi.org/10.1109/ITSC.2012.6338703

Delli Carpini, M. X. (2000). Gen.com: Youth, civic engagement, and the new information environment. Political Communication, 17(4), 341–349. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584600050178942

Facey, M., Denscombe, M., Dingwall, G., Hillier, T., Zhou, Y., Huang, P. Z., … In, M. (2016). Discovery and utilization of biocatalysts for chiral synthesis: an overview of Chinese scientists' research and development. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 10(3), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2003.10.017

Flores-Sanchez, D., Kleine Koerkamp-Rabelista, J., Navarro-Garza, H., Lantinga, E. A., Groot, J. C. J., Kropff, M. J., & Rossing, W. A. H. (2011). Agroecology: The science of natural resource management for poor farmers in marginal environments. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems., 91(2), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.3923/pjn.2006.387.397

Hall, J. D., Palsson, C., & Price, J. (2018). Is uber a substitute or complement for public transit? Journal of Urban Economics, 108, 36–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2018.09.003

Ibrahim, M. A., Li, L., & Wang, P. (2018). The design of 220kV substation grounding grid with different soil resistivity using wenner and schlumberger methods. China International Conference on Electricity Distribution, CICED, 2002(1), 2525–2530. https://doi.org/10.1109/CICED.2018.8592188

Janeiro, R. De, Em, P., & Coppe, E. (2011). Global taxi schemes and their integration in expert group meeting on sustainable urban transport : Modernizing and 'Greening' taxi fleets in Latin American cities.

Keong, W. E. Y. (2015). Factors influencing Malaysian taxi drivers behavioural intention to adopt Mobile Taxi Application. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, III(11), 139–156.

Laurier, E. (2004). Doing office work on the motorway. Theory, Culture & Society, 21(5), 261–277. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276404046070

Król, A., & Król, M. (2019). A stochastic simulation model for the optimization of the taxi management system. Sustainability (Switzerland), 11(14), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143838

Logan, J. R., & Molotch, H. L. (2013). The city as a growth machine. The Gentrification Debates, 82(2), 72–87. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315881096

Machin, M. A., & De Souza, J. M. D. (2004). Predicting health outcomes and safety behaviour in taxi drivers. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 7(4–5), 257–270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2004.09.004

Martinez, L. M., & Viegas, J. M. (2017). Assessing the impacts of deploying a shared self-driving urban mobility system: An agent-based model applied to the city of Lisbon, Portugal. International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 6(1), 13–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtst.2017.05.005

Mueller, N., Rojas-Rueda, D., Cole-Hunter, T., de Nazelle, A., Dons, E., Gerike, R., … Nieuwenhuijsen, M. (2015). Health impact assessment of active transportation: A systematic review. Preventive Medicine, 76, 103–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.04.010

Newman, P. W. G., & Kenworthy, J. R. (1996). The land use-transport connection: An overview. Land Use Policy, 13(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/0264-8377(95)00027-5

Oliver, J. (2013). 済無No Title No Title. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 53, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107415324.004

Paudel, U. R., Parajuli, S., Devkota, N., & Mahapatra, S. K. (2020). What determines customers’ perception of banking communication? An empirical evidence from commercial banks of Nepal. Global Economy Journal, 20(04), 1-21.

Pillac, V., Gendreau, M., Guéret, C., & Medaglia, A. L. (2013). A review of dynamic vehicle routing problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 225(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.08.015

Schaller, B. (2007). Entry controls in taxi regulation: Implications of US and Canadian experience for taxi regulation and deregulation. Transport Policy, 14(6), 490–506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2007.04.010

Seow, K. T., Dang, N. H., & Lee, D. H. (2010). A collaborative multiagent taxi-dispatch system. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 7(3), 607–616. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2009.2028577

Sharma, B. K. (2018). Non-English lingua franca? Mobility, market and ideologies of the Chinese language in Nepal. Global Chinese, 4(1), 63–88. https://doi.org/10.1515/glochi-2018-0004

Shrestha, S. R., Kim Oanh, N. T., Xu, Q., Rupakheti, M., & Lawrence, M. G. (2013). Analysis of the vehicle fleet in the kathmandu valley for estimation ofenvironment and climate co-benefits of technology intrusions. Atmospheric Environment, 81, 579–590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.050

Toiskallio, K. (2000). Simmel Hails a cab: Fleeting sociability in the urban taxi. Space and Culture, 1(6), 4–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/120633120000300214

Wang, X., He, F., Yang, H., & Oliver Gao, H. (2016). Pricing strategies for a taxi-hailing platform. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 93, 212–231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2016.05.011

Wong, H., & Eyers, D. (2010). Enhancing responsiveness for mass customization strategies through the use of rapid manufacturing technologies. Innovative Quick Response Programs in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 205–226.

Yang, H., & Wong, S. C. (1998). A network model of urban taxi services. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 32(4), 235–246. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-2615(97)00042-8

Yuan, J., Zheng, Y., Xie, X., & Sun, G. (2013). T-drive: Enhancing driving directions with taxi drivers' intelligence. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 25(1), 220–232. https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2011.200

Yuan, J., Zheng, Y., Zhang, L., Xie, X., & Sun, G. (2011). Where to find my next passenger? UbiComp'11 - Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, 109–118. https://doi.org/10.1145/2030112.2030128