Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Self-Organization of Urban Taxi Dispatch

Table 1

Traditional indicators for measuring taxi operations.

City
Beijing	68284	21.70	5898.15	3783.82	31.47	0.64
Shanghai	49586	24.15	6084.88	3926.88	20.53	0.65
Xi’an	14459	8.7	—	—	16.62	0.73
Guangzhou	22022	13.5	—	—	16.31	0.7

denotes the number of taxis. denotes resident population ( persons). denotes operating mileage ( kilometres). denotes passenger mileage ( kilometres). denotes the number of ownership (per persons). denotes mileage utilization rate. Source: China City Statistical Yearbook, 2016. Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China. Data from news.