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Did You Know?
Sydney Taxis

•  There are 5,900 Taxis in NSW and over 22,000 drivers.
•  The Sydney Taxi service is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere with around 4,800 cars and 20,000 drivers.
•  175-million passenger journeys are taken annually in Taxis in NSW.
•  Each journey has an average of 1.8 passengers and is for around 7km.
Sydney's Taxis have some of the most advanced technology in the world for call despatch and tracking.
Taxi drivers undergo the most comprehensive industry training plus specialist training for driving wheelchair accessible cabs.

The vast majority of Sydney Taxis are less than 6 years old and all Taxis have regular compliance checks.

 

 

Country Taxis

•  There are over 3,800 professional Taxi drivers in regional NSW.
•  In around 84% of country Taxis, the owner is also the driver of the vehicle.
•  Country Taxi owners and drivers build their business on repeat business from the local community.
•  Each country Taxi is a modern vehicle.
•  A country Taxi averages around 125,000 kilometres per year, of which around half are paid kilometres.
•  Each journey is for an average of 4-5 kilometres.
•  Country Taxis transport around 20-million passengers annually.
•  In regional areas, the greatest demand for Taxis is from elderly people, the disabled, groups and tourists.