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Originally Posted by MattyC
This is the main issue and honestly the main use for taxis in this city. How many people use them during the day? The odd person using it for their commute (seriously? Probably cheaper to buy a car. A nice one.) or people going to/from the airport. Which is great. But when you don't have enough to support the outflow of drunk people from bars on any given weekend night (much less for concerts or hockey games or Stampede), you basically encourage those people to find a different way home. And with trains shut down at those times (also ridiculous) and a poor-to-terrible bus system, it leaves the people with few options to get home outside of illegal/dangerous ones.
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According to the data in this report to council (
http://agendaminutes.calgary.ca/sire...5125237945.PDF) average hourly trip count (for January 2015) is higher during the day (5am to 5pm) with the exception of Friday, Saturday and Sunday.