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Fewer transport activities
statistikk
2009-08-18T10:00:00.000Z
Transport and tourism
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drosje, Taxi transport, taxis, taxi trips, taxi licences, turnoverLand transport , Transport and tourism
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Taxi transport, Q1 2009

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In the first quarter of 2012, Statistics Norway adopted a new method for predicting population totals for taxis. This can result in minor breaks in the series.

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Fewer transport activities

The number of taxi trips declined by 6 per cent compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Turnover per trip, on the other hand, increased from NOK 203 to NOK 223, whereby the total industry turnover was NOK 1.86 billion, which is 3 per cent higher than the first quarter of 2008.

The taxi industry covered a distance of 156 million kilometres during the first quarter of 2009; a reduction of 4 per cent from the same quarter the preceding year. Out of this, 100 million kilometres were driven with passengers on board, which correspondingly declined by 4 per cent in the same period. Consequently, the average taxi trip with passenger was about 12 kilometres, which is 2.1 per cent higher compared to the same period last year.

Taxi statistics. Turnover and number of trips per quarter

A formidable decline in occupied hours

Occupied taxi hours declined by 14 per cent in relation to the first quarter of 2008. Similarly, the number of hours on offer, which is the sum of occupied and unoccupied hours, declined by 12 per cent.

An average taxi trip took 26 minutes in the first quarter of 2009 compared with 28 minutes in the corresponding period in 2008. Capacity utilisation, measured as a share of kilometres driven with passengers to total kilometres driven, was 64.2 per cent. Capacity utilisation measured as a share of taxi hours on offer, however, was 44.8 per cent. In other words, an average taxi was occupied for 64.2 per cent of the distance covered or 44.8 per cent of the time it was in operation.

The taxi statistics are based on a nationwide survey carried out quarterly on the taxi business classified by code 49.320, Taxi Operation in SN07. The survey covers over 90 per cent of the taxi population in the country. The data is then scaled up to population size using a factor. This factor is calculated based on data from the survey and VAT data reported to the Directorate of Taxes.

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