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In January 2015, there were 621,648 trips in Calgary taxis. That was down two per cent from trips taken in January 2014.
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Their decision was largely based on this statistic. How can they not understand that having a cap on the number of taxis is the main driving force behind a lack of increase in total taxi trips? Their logic:
1) Limit the number of taxis (and therefore create a ceiling on total taxi trips)
2) Watch total number of taxi trips plateau
3) Use this as reasoning that more taxis are not required
They constrain the system, and then justify it by saying "see? There is no growth, so why do we need more taxis?"