Market for Taxi Cabs in Windhoek, Namibia
1. Chapter 1
1.1 ABSTRACT
This paper presents the research proposal of ‘The market for taxi cabs in Windhoek, Namibia. The growing population and urbanization mark the existence of taxi services in Namibia and the industry is booming. Taxi services are concentrated not only in Windhoek but can be found in most urban towns like Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Oshakati. This will be discovered by means of questionnaires to taxi drivers and their clients. This chapter includes; introduction, literature review, the research question that guide this study, the questionnaire together with other studies found or presented in this research proposal.
1.2 INTRODUCTION
The Namibian transport sector is divided into three main components namely;
1) The operators.
2) The infrastructure.
3) The government functions.
My main focus is in the operators which provide bus, taxi, railway, air transport and shipping services. Trans Namib, which is a state enterprise, operates the Namibian railway system which provides transport system for goods, livestock and passengers between towns of Namibia but not within urban areas. There are a number of bus operators offering scheduled services between towns and some to school and universities. There are also tour operators and the bus services of the Windhoek municipality. Most bus operators are involved in inter-urban and long distance scheduled services including from, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe just to mention a few offer services mostly for tourists and groups.
Taxi rides are regarded as public transport in Windhoek as it is a transport mode in which passengers do not travel in their own vehicles they therefore offer more services to residents and favor short distance to make a profit within a short period of time. Regulations often concentrate on fares and franchises to control routs and entry of taxi rides. In the struggle for competition due to vehicle increase, by observation there are a lot of vehicles dominating
1.1 ABSTRACT
This paper presents the research proposal of ‘The market for taxi cabs in Windhoek, Namibia. The growing population and urbanization mark the existence of taxi services in Namibia and the industry is booming. Taxi services are concentrated not only in Windhoek but can be found in most urban towns like Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Oshakati. This will be discovered by means of questionnaires to taxi drivers and their clients. This chapter includes; introduction, literature review, the research question that guide this study, the questionnaire together with other studies found or presented in this research proposal.
1.2 INTRODUCTION
The Namibian transport sector is divided into three main components namely;
1) The operators.
2) The infrastructure.
3) The government functions.
My main focus is in the operators which provide bus, taxi, railway, air transport and shipping services. Trans Namib, which is a state enterprise, operates the Namibian railway system which provides transport system for goods, livestock and passengers between towns of Namibia but not within urban areas. There are a number of bus operators offering scheduled services between towns and some to school and universities. There are also tour operators and the bus services of the Windhoek municipality. Most bus operators are involved in inter-urban and long distance scheduled services including from, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe just to mention a few offer services mostly for tourists and groups.
Taxi rides are regarded as public transport in Windhoek as it is a transport mode in which passengers do not travel in their own vehicles they therefore offer more services to residents and favor short distance to make a profit within a short period of time. Regulations often concentrate on fares and franchises to control routs and entry of taxi rides. In the struggle for competition due to vehicle increase, by observation there are a lot of vehicles dominating
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