The Atlanta Police Department’s Bureau of Taxicabs and Vehicles for Hire enforces the city’s ordinances regarding taxi licensing and operation.
To operate a taxi in the city of Atlanta drivers must purchase of a Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience, also sometimes referred to as a medallion. CPNCs can be purchased directly from the city or transferred from one operator to another.
Taxi drivers must be affiliated with a taxi company licensed by the City of Atlanta.
162: Chapter number of Atlanta’s municipal code governing the operation and licensing of taxis
23: The number of taxi companies licensed by the City of Atlanta
10: The maximum age at which vehicles may be used as a taxis in the city of Atlanta
1600: The number of CPNCs available for taxis in the city.
1554 to 1558: The number of CPNCs currently assigned
$6,000: The minimum cost to acquire a CPNC from the City of Atlanta.
$36,958.50: Average price paid for a City of Atlanta CPNC in 2010
$60,000: The highest price at which a CPNC was transferred from one operator to another in 2010*
$1: The lowest price for a City of Atlanta CPNC transfer in 2010
6: Number of months between inspections for each taxi
$2.50: Mandatory fare for the first one-eighth of a mile of a metered taxi trip. Each additional one-eighth of a mile is 25 cents.
$40.00: Flat rate fare between Buckhead and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
Sources:
- Cedric Burse, manager of the Bureau of Taxicabs and Vehicles for Hire
- Atlanta Municpal Code
*That sounds like a lot until you see the prices that New York City’s medallions go for. Average cost of a transfer between individuals there in 2010: $603,583.33
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The cost of taxi varies during the year as the rate of gasoline increase. In recent years the petrol rate increase very much that’s why the cost of taxi also increase.
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