Taxi vehicle status analysis in China

Taxi is regarded as an important paratransit in China. This paper analyses the current status of China taxi vehicles, including taxi company size, vehicle age, emissions standards and fuel type. The analysis results show that generally the size of taxi companies is small; taxi retirement regulation has not been strictly complied with, currently 1,623 vehicles older than 8 years are still operating; high emission vehicles account for a large proportion of all vehicles (34%), and recent 2 years high-emission vehicles still enter into taxi operating market; moreover, most of the vehicles use gasoline (84.3%) and diesel (6.5%), clean fuel vehicles, such as compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), are at a very low percentage. Aiming at strengthening taxi vehicle safety, reducing energy consumption and emission, we propose several policy recommendations.