1. Beyond the regulatory comfort zone
Dr. James M. Cooper, Edinburgh Napier University 1

2. The taxi! Well defined, well understood
Consistent understanding the world over
Regulatory tensions in control and delivery 2

3. Defining a regulatory debate?
Role of the taxi as a separate and controlled industry
Taxis fall outwith definitions of public transport
History of control of taxis 3

4. Relationships between modes
Public transit, its control
Public transit, ongoing reforms
Deregulatory movements
Budgetary pressures 4

5. Entry limitation impacts
Form of supply
Traditional
Innovation
Hackney carriage
Entry limitation impacts
Full market analysis - QQE, participation in specialist markets
Private hire
Competition in taxi market
Participation in specialist markets, includes taxis
Taxi DRT
Development of rural access, employment access
Taxibus
Development of restricted bus, full bus replacement, and specialist transport 5

6. Categorizing Development
Innovation within a regulatory framework
Innovation at the limits of a regulatory framework
Innovation requiring regulatory accomodation 6

7. Barriers to development
Limitation of the structure itself
Limitation as a result of internally created barriers
Limitation as a result of external forces 7

8. Benefits from application
Significant trade benefit, market and profitability
Significant Regulator and city benefits, transit improvements
Significant public benefits, improved access. 8

9. Research agenda Need to counter lack of inclusion
Address differences in the descriptions with the trade, and understandings beyond it,
Data availability, presence and harvesting
Raise the profile of the mode to a parr with other forms of transport 9

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