Prediction and analysis the causes of increasing an illegal e-taxi in Bangladesh municipalities: A case study of Pabna municipality

• Main Authors: Mital Chakma, Md Sohel Rana, Md Ashrafuzzaman Pramanik
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Publishing 2018-12-01
• Series: International Journal of Crowd Science
• Subjects: Citizen science; E-taxi; Door to door service; Local public transport
• Online Access: https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/IJCS-06-2018-0010

Purpose - This study aims to find out the causes for an increase in the number illegal E-taxis and the extent of these vehicles in the municipalities of Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach - Based on extensive literature review and field investigation, a set of questionnaires was developed to explore the actual causes for an increase in the number of illegal E-taxis, where ten predicted hypotheses were tested. Findings - The result proved that the illegal E-taxi is very active in the study area. Besides the socio-economic condition of the commuter, education level of taxi drivers and commuter satisfaction level (safety and comfort) and provision of continuous and door-to-door service system are the main causes for increasing number of E-taxis in the municipality of Bangladesh. Originality/value - Moreover, this study provides an effective thinking on socio-economic condition of drivers and the legalization of illegal E-taxis in the study area.