Taxi Upfront Fare Pilot: 2024-Q2 Report

Dear taxi industry member

Please find the report for Year 2/Q2 of the Taxi Upfront Fare Pilot attached.

A quick snapshot of key data points during the Pilot through Q2 of 2024 shows the following:

Summary of Key Takeaways 2023-Q1 to 2024-Q2

This section provides a high-level summary of key takeaways from the Pilot thus far. A more extensive analysis of each Pilot goal and associated metrics is provided later in this report. 

A quick snapshot of key data points during the Pilot through Q2 of 2024 shows the following: 

• A total of 309,672 Pilot trips were provided through Q2 of 2024, increasing over 694% from 2023-Q1 to 2024-Q1. 
   

• Pilot Trips make up over 10% of total taxi trips. 
   

• The number of drivers participating in the Pilot continues to increase each quarter, growing by 56.2% from 2023-Q1 to 2024-Q2. 

• Overall, a total of 624 unique drivers have participated in the pilot, providing at least 1 pilot trip.

• Drivers who service Third-Party Trips earned on average 24.9% more in fare revenue during 2024-Q2 than drivers who did not provide Pilot trips.

• Drivers who provided Third-Party Trips earned an average of $2,353 per month from those trips alone in 2024-Q2, which represents a 115.2% increase from 2023-Q1 ($1,093).

• The relative proportion of paratransit taxi trips to all taxi trips before and during the Pilot has remained consistent.

• Third-Party Trips are extending the density of taxi trips in outer neighborhoods in San Francisco that have historically been underserved by the taxi industry.