Where does zone pricing work best?
Airport and station runs, hotel and corporate routes, and towns where most work goes between a few well-known areas. It suits fixed-price private hire and limo work far better than metered street work.
What goes wrong with zones?
Edges: two addresses a street apart can sit in different zones and get very different prices. Keep zones on natural borders (rivers, ring roads), overlap the price steps gently, and fall back to distance pricing for any trip outside every zone.
How do you set it up in dispatch software?
Draw the polygons, set a price per zone pair and direction, and decide what happens outside the zones. In TaxiDex you draw the service area and price and dispatch by it (zones).
Frequently asked questions
Should A to B cost the same as B to A?
Not always: airport pick-ups often cost more than drop-offs because of parking and waiting. Price each direction separately.
How many zones should a small fleet start with?
Start with the handful of areas that produce most bookings, then add zones where quotes keep being disputed.
