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Old 10-12-2024, 01:21 PM   #9 (permalink)
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The car that will crawl around on city streets, a taxi, should prioritize occupant comfort, egress, interior room. If this is a taxi it's size and shape is dumb.
Average occupancy is 1.4 passengers.
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https://www.sciencedirect.com › science › article › pii › S1018363918307141
Taxi Service Characteristics and Involvement in Road Traffic Accidents ...
Study data show that the number of revenue trips served daily is 18.64 per taxi vehicle. The average occupancy per trip is 1.40 passengers (MOC study [8] found this occupancy 1.20 and Al-Gadhi study (1994) found it 1.52). In addition, this study found that, on average, the taxi vehicle operates 6.7 days per
On it's own maybe inadequate, but once you get to 4-5 passengers the robovan takes up the slack.

City streets or freeways?
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