Further Details

Here is a 12-Point Summary of the information presented so far on the taxibus.
The contents of this web site are available in pdf format here.

For further background details see: IGT Background.
For a more academic analysis see: IGT System.
For comprehensive technical details: Patent Application.

Media News and Links

Compare the taxibus to other emerging forms of transport at Innovative Transportation Technologies.
Read the Taxibus Article in the environmentally-oriented webzine "Worldchanging.com".
Read the Ticket to Ride Article environmental magazine "Plenty".

The IGT taxibus at FuturTrans.
IGT in the Tech4All report on flexible shared transport (page 27).

 

Similar Systems

Texxi is a shared taxi system piloting in the UK. Texxi trips are ordered via cellular telephone messenging.

The Yellow Taxibus, run by the Stagecoach transport company in Scotland from 2003 to 2005, provided door-to-door shared taxibus transport along a fixed commuter route from Edinburgh to Dunfermline (a distance of around 18 miles). Though this Yellow Taxibus pilot scheme was closed down after two years due to low profitability, passenger feedback was very positive. Note that the IGT taxibus concept is more flexible and more comprehensive than the Yellow Taxibus, as IGT is based on a fleet of fully free-roaming taxibuses, available for all journeys from any pick-up points and destinations within a region; by contrast, the Yellow Taxibus operated a fixed city-to-city route, with some route modifications at either end of the journey to enable a door-to-door service.