What Makes a Good Cabman? Behavioral Patterns Correlated with High-Earning and Low-Earning Taxi Driving

Shuxin Jin, Juan Su, Zhouhao Wu, Di Wang and Ming Cai ()
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Shuxin Jin: School of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
Juan Su: Institute of Transportation Engineering, Key Laboratory of Transport Industry of Management, Control and Cycle Repair Technology for Traffic Network Facilities in Ecological Security Barrier Area, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
Zhouhao Wu: School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Di Wang: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
Ming Cai: School of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-16

Abstract: The average hourly income of taxi drivers could be improved by understanding the realized income of taxi drivers and investigating the variables that determine their income. Based on 4.85 million taxi-trajectory GPS records in Shenzhen, China, this study built a multi-layer road index system in order to reveal the behavioral patterns of drivers with varying income levels. On this basis, late-shift drivers were further selected and classified into two categories, namely high-earning and low-earning groups. Each driver within these groups was further classified into three income levels and four categories of factors were defined (i.e., occupied trips and duration, operational region, search speed, and taxi service strategies). The sample-based multinomial logit model was used to reveal the significance of these income-influencing factors. The results indicate significant differences in the drivers’ behavioral habits and experience. For instance, high-earning drivers focused more on improving efficiency using mobility intelligence, while low-earning drivers were more likely to invest in working hours to boost their revenue.

Keywords: traffic engineering; taxi-data mining; multi-layer road index; behavioral patterns; map-matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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