Probably nobody except DCTaxi Driver gets this one -- but I'm throwing it out there anyhow. Short info - in DC, taxis don't use meters. They operate on a zone system. Areas of the city are divided by zones, downtown area zone 1 ($6.50 to go anywhere in that zone). So a ride of 2 blocks and a ride of 20 blocks downtown costs the same.
Further out are zones 2, 3, and so forth. For me, work-home is 3 zones ($11, $12 during rush hour). So if it takes 10 minutes or 1 hour to get from work to home, the charge is the same.
So drivers -- in your areas, if you had the choice between a zone system like this? Or meters?
I like the meter system.
ReplyDeleteMDCC probably prefers the zone system.
Its all in what you are use to.
there would be a lot of arguments in singapore!
ReplyDeleteMeter.
ReplyDeleteEven though you don't have a vehicle doesn't mean that you can't have your own personalized "vanity plate"
ReplyDeleteWhich is better for the driver? Zone or meter?
ReplyDeleteAs a passenger I'd imagine that I'd take fewer short trips.