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Copyright
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(Copyright © 1986, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing) |
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Abstract
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Discussed herein are past and recent regulatory changes regarding jitneys, the changes in the industry size and structure, how they operate, markets served and some key issues pertinent to them.
Jitneys have become an important part of the private-sector- operated transportation in San Diego. They have not usually been an issue in studies of paratransit regulatory change, but in San Diego there had been significant development. Our study of jitneys has so far been limited to monitoring the new developments, mostly by collecting secondary data and by holding discussions with those involved in the jitney industry in San Diego. We hope that the city will soon have the resources to collect new data for the study.
I am going to go over the past and recent regulatory changes regarding jitneys, the changes in the industry size and structure, how the jitneys operate, the markets they serve, and some key issues as I see them.
Before the 1979 regulatory changes, the jitney services were covered under an automobile-for-hire provision in the old para- transit code. Passengers could be charged only on an hourly or a mileage basis. Automobile-for-hire permits were easier to obtain than taxi permits, which required a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. In 1979 the city of San Diego reviewed its paratransit code; the changes focused mostly on taxis, but there were provisions for other modes. Jitneys and the vehicles for hire, as they were called then, were defined as separate services. Jitneys were allowed to charge on a per-passenger basis, and they were to run on predetermined routes. Rates and routes were not regulated, but they had to be filed with the city. Like taxis, if jitneys were out of service for more than 30 days, their permits expired.
Record URL:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1986/1103/1103-004.pdf
Language: en |