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According to an April 2011 study by the Chicago Dispatcher, New York City taxis have a relatively low standard fare, charging an estimated $14.10 for a distance of 5 miles (8.0 km) and five minutes' wait time (compared to an estimated $18.48 in West Hollywood and $12.87 in Houston). [39]
Accurate and timely estimations of times of arrival are important in several application areas: In air traffic control arrival sequencing and scheduling, where scheduling aircraft arrival according to the first-come-first-served order of ETA at the runway minimizes delays. [4] [5] In airport gate assignment methods, to optimize gate utilization ...
That is, if a headway is reduced from 12 to 10 minutes, the average rider wait time will decrease by 1 minute, the overall trip time by the same one minute, so the ridership increase will be on the order of 1 x 1.5 + 1 or about 2.5%. [17] Also see Ceder for an extensive discussion. [18]
FMCSA rules prohibit driving a passenger-carrying CMV (e.g., commercial and intercity buses, passenger vans, and school buses) for more than 10 hours, or to drive after having been on-duty for 15 hours. The 5-hour difference between the 10-hour driving limit and the 15-hour on-duty limit gives drivers the opportunity to take care of non-driving ...
Taxi fares are set by the state and city where they are permitted to operate. The fare includes the 'drop', a set amount that is tallied for getting into the taxi plus the 'per kilometer' rate as has been set by the city. The taxi meters track time as well as distance in an average taxi fare.
Free (or For Hire in the UK): The taxicab is empty and available for hire. The luminous sign, if present, is switched on. The luminous sign, if present, is switched on. Occupied (or Hired ): The taximeter enters in this stage at the start of the trip and the "Free" sign is switched off.
The company offered promotions such as $5 for any ride under 20 minutes, $3 off your first 100 rides, and free rides between midnight and 3am, with Fasten paying the difference between promotional prices and actual prices to drivers.
The wait/walk dilemma occurs when waiting for a bus at a bus stop, when the duration of the wait may exceed the time needed to arrive at a destination by another means, especially walking. Some work on this problem was featured in the 2008 "Year in Ideas" issue of The New York Times Magazine .