Tasmania
As at 19 February 2009, there are 448 perpetual, 8 owner-operator and 45 Wheelchair accessible taxi licences on issue in Tasmania.
The industry employs over 1000 taxi drivers: some owner-drivers and most drivers on a bailiff agreement commission basis.
There are 3 main providers in Hobart – United Taxis, Taxi Combined and Yellow Cabs. The remainder of the industry consists of smaller fleet operators with several licences each and the rest are owner-operators.
The location of taxi ranks in the southern district are around the main CBD area, with many others in suburbs close to hobart. At Castray Esplanade the taxi rank has been extended to the bus stop, making it a total of 11 spaces and an illuminated "taxi" sign was installed at a cost of $1200 per sign. This was approved by TasPorts and paid for by the Dept of Premier and Cabinet.
The Tasmanian Taxi Association began publishing a quarterly industry newsletter "TTA Taxi Talk" in December 2008.
An article published in the Mercury newspaper named Tasmanian taxi drivers as the best in Australia.
In October 2008 Yellow Cabs began operating their first Toyota Prius, becoming Tasmania's first taxi company to run hybrid vehicles.
United Taxis alone service over 50 percent of Hobart's immediate population.
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