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Launch a Passenger Transportation Business in 7 days
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Rating: 4.7 out of 5(20 ratings)
1,073 students
Created byLuc Owono
Last updated 12/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • How to choose a Passenger Transportation Business Model to launch and run (Livery, Taxi, Limo, Shuttle, Medical, School Bus))
  • Learn how to launch and register a business, Sole Proprietor, Partnership, Corporation or LLC
  • Launch your business from home or rent and office
  • The secrets into buying a vehicle with no credit or employment check or references
  • How to build a website and include a live booking engine
  • How to publish and promote your new business

Course content

7 sections31 lectures7h 1m total length
  • Welcome1:51
  • Introduction to Passenger Transportation3:13

    In this lesson we will learn the different types of transportation that you can decide to get into. We introduce you to

    - The Taxicab or cab or taxi Service

    A local service that offers point to point rides within the city, town or village. The yellow cabs have stands throughout the city and can be hailed. The fare can be negotiated and they also carry a meter and a credit card reader in the vehicle.

    - The Livery Service

    A County Service that has a license to offer city to city trips as well as all trips coming into or leaving the County. This is the most popular transportation service that will take clients to airports, cruiseports, can offer long distance and all prearranged services. Vehicles here are of a higher class and this type of transportation requires that a vehicles and its driver both be registered and insured commercially and be dispatched by a base.

    - The Shuttle Service

    The Shuttle service often points to a type of transportation in common that involves a larger vehicle that either waits on location for clients to come and get in, or the vehicle simply goes from homes to homes to pick up or drop off. Fares in this type of service is usually lower due to the fact that the vehicle has to make multiple stops and does not leave with just one clients. Rides are either dispatches on a schedule or once the vehicle is full. The insurance and license requirements for this type of service and vehicle are different than those of smaller vehicles due to the vehicle size and how many passenger it can carry.

    - The Limo Service

    A transportation service of a higher class. The Limo Service is often confused with Limo Vehicles. Vehicles are often black, its drivers well dresses (Shirt, ties, suit). Limousine vehicles are vehicles that mostly get hired on an hourly basis, Ex $120/hr with 3hr minimum + 20% driver tip. They cater to birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, proms etc.

    A limo service can incorporate Entertainment in the vehicle as well as alcoholic beverages if the company has an alcohol license.

    - The Non Emergency Medical Transportation (Medical Transportation)

    A livery or taxi service that involves mostly Recipients of an Insurance company. Ie Medicaid. The company that has completed it's registration as a local taxi service or a livery service can sign a contract with the state and gets trips dispatched by the Insurance Company to drive patients (Recipients) between homes and Dr Offices or Hospital and back.

    After each day, the transportation company bills the States and waits for a Direct Deposit.

  • Paying Clients Vs Contracts Vs Insurance Clients23:22

    In this lesson we discuss the various types of clients you will get based on the type of transport you decided to offer.

    Every niche has a very specific types of clients:

    - Taxi: local clients who book last minute by hailing a cab in the street or walking into a taxi base

    - Livery: The most hybrid transportation type which also caters and benefit from many types of clients. City to city, airport clients, out of town or out of state clients, medical trips, VIPs and more types

    - Medical. You can decide to add this transportation type to your array of services. You can either pick clients (patients) off for their medical appointments or you can sign a contract with a hospital, a home or an insurance company and offer pre-arranged trips to recipients and bill the state or the hospital based on that contract.

    - Limousine clients, VIPs. This include a VIP Service and a nicer and bigger vehicle or a bus, where you will negotiate an hourly rate with a certain minimum number of hours and added driver's gratuities.

    - Medical Trips. You can either incorporate these clients under a Livery Service or simply specialize with the NEMT contracts, which means you only offer trips to and from Doctor Offices, Clinics, Hospitals and more. Here you get paid by the Insurance Company, the Hospital or the Family.

    - Schools: if you decided to offer school transportation, you can do so either with your livery transportation service, taking students back and from between their homes and their schools. In certain states and counties, you have to have a School Transportation Permit and vehicles registered specifically to transport children. You also need to have a bus or a van that is registered to offer that service. In this case, make sure to check with your County or your State.

  • Requirements based on Types of Companies30:29

    For each type of Passenger Transportation service type, there are requirements from the Department of Transportation, the State, the County and the City in which you will run your transportation base.

    Requirements are both for the Base, the Vehicles and the Drivers. These requirements might vary slightly from one State or County to the other. The Requirements we discuss here are general and might be different based on where you operate from.

    - Taxi:

    Hack License, Vehicle, Base Location, Dispatch Radio, Fare sheet

    - Livery:

    E class driver license, Base Station, Fare sheet, At least 1 vehicle registered. TLC Permit and requirements if applicable

    - Limo:

    Same requirements for Livery Service + Alcohol License (if applicable)

    - Shuttle: Same as Livery Service + DMV A,B or C Class license if operating a 15+ passenger vehicles and Passenger Endorsement

    - School Bus. Same as Livery and Shuttle + School Bus Endorsement

    - Medical Transportation and NEMT: The Non Emergency Medical Transportation has requirements for taxi and/or Livery. For Medicaid Contracts, should go through the Enrollment process with the State.

  • Types of Vehicles for different types of companies24:04

    In this lesson we discuss the most popular vehicle types that are associated with traditional Transportation business types.

    * Cabs and yellow taxis are often associated with lincoln towncars but they can also use camrys and other types of vehicles that have enough rooms for passengers

    * Livery vehicles are the most flexible and can range from Towncars to Camrys, Hondas, Minivans and every vehicle in between that is clean and can pass an inspection.

    * Limo vehicles are more roomy, have more options such as a fridge, entertainments and more features. This model can use party buses or extended vehicles such as stretch sedans or SUVs and even Hummers and buses

    * Medical. Your NEMT service can use standard livery vehicles, Once you upgrade to Ambulettes, you can use wheelchair vans or ramp vans for the comfort of your clients

  • Buying Vs Financing Vs Leasing your first vehicle15:42

    For your first vehicle, your choice will depend on the capital and budget you have assigned to launch your business. For larger fleets, you can simply make a deal with a dealer such as Toyota, Honda or other dealers and finance or pay your vehicles cash.


    In most instances however, you can launch your base with the vehicle you currently own by simply registering and insuring it under your new company.

    Regardless of what model you choose, here are your choices:

    - Use your own vehicle

    - Buy a used vehicle in person or on a website

    - Lease your vehicle

    - Buy here Pay here (Dealer Financing)

    The BHPH is the most flexible option because it allows you to acquire the vehicle with minimal requirements. You can flip a car if needed without having to pay any bank for a car that you have returned to the dealer. The key here is to show the Dealer in the beginning of the relationship that you have income, put down a low amount and drive away with the car on the same day.

  • How to budget your expenses for a successful launch: Location, Vehicles, Drivers9:17

    Expenses for a business launch:

    The items on your list that will cost the most depend on the type of business you are launching, where you will keep your vehicles and how many clients you are attracting as well as whether you decided for a home-based or an office-based business.


    Launching from home means you will not be paying rent or even parking for the moment. Renting from an office will automatically incur rent and/or parking.

    The other expenses will come from your vehicle. You can save a lot if you chose to launch your business with your own vehicle or whether you decided to buy or finance a vehicle.

    The next expense will come from registering your vehicle and insuring it commercially. The passenger vehicle insurance FH1 is more expensive then the regular car insurance. If you have worker's insurance, that will be your other expense.

    A big expense will come into play if you hired a driver to launch your company. If they run their own vehicle then you won't be paying salaries, they will actually be the ones paying you. If you hired a driver to operate your own vehicle, that is an employee and you are required to carry worker's compensation insurance and pay a salary.

    You will have to spend some money on advertising, at least if you decided to launch big. Hiring someone to design your website and publish it and pay for ads on Google, Facebook and other social medias costs money.

  • How much will you charge your clients?12:57

    The Nerve of your business. This where you determine how much you charge your client. You pay bills, maintain the vehicle, pay yourself, buy gas, tolls, tax and have other operating expenses. It is therefore important that you price your service accordingly to make profit and maintain your business. After all, this is why you are launching this business.


    You won't want to charge more than your competition and you definitely won't want to charge so little that you risk losing money. The key therefore is to check for comparable service/pricing with the competition.


    In this lesson we will discuss how to determine your fare based on the competition, how to offer discount to encourage your first clients to trust you and return to your company, we will also discuss your upsell options. You will charge extra for the some of the following addons:

    - Number of Passengers

    - Number of pieces of luggage

    - Number of Stops

    - Car Seats

    - Meet and Greet and more.


    We also discuss whether you should provide an all-inclusive flat rate or if you should itemize items on your fare on the website booking engine or or your rate page.


    Your clients should clearly see what you are charging with no hidden cost, which will make you more transparent and trusted by your clients in the long run.

    Remember that clients always compare price vs experience. They will always go where they received the best service, the best experience or the best deal.

    Your success will be based on the combination of those two items: The best deal at the best price!

  • Workers Compensation. Do you need on to launch?9:51

    Worker's Compensation is mandatory for Workers in your organization whether they work as driver, as office worker, as accessory employee, local or remote.


    If you launch a 1-person LLC or Corp and you are the only worker in your organization, you do not necessarily have to have a Worker's Compensation Policy. You can simply file an exemption by downloading a form from the Department of Labor called CE 200 which exempts you from have an insurance policy.

    This means you will be dispatching your own rides, answering your business calls and you will be the only driver. If you get into an accident, you will not be able to claim any benefits because you have forfeited your rights by denying yourself Worker's Compensation Benefits.


    However, the day you hire another human being to work in any capacity in your organization, regardless of their location, you are required to carry a Worker's Comp policy for that worker.

    When you make yourself a W-2 Employee by hiring yourself, you will automatically be getting a WC policy and will be protected as an Employee of your organization.

    There are many benefits from carrying a WC Policy:

    - In case of an injury, your WC policy can make sure your hospital bills are paid

    - If you become unable to work after a work injury, you can get compensation by the Dept of Labor if you are covered by a WC Policy at the time of the injury.


    Is it therefore a personal choice to carry a WC policy when you launch, especially because you are limited in your budget and because you are the only driver and trust yourself to be a good driver, but make sure to get that policy as soon as you hire a worker or when you make yourself an Employee of your business.

    Finally, if your business engages in Intrastate or Interstate, if you have class A or B or C Drivers or if you get into School Buses or any transportation that involves a vehicle that carries more than 15 passengers or even a Wheelchair van, you are required to carry a WC Policy and Disability Insurance Policy as part of your condition to get and maintain your Authority to Transport.

  • Driver Affiliation9:04

    Many companies use this model to run their operations. Drivers Operators own their own vehicles and are responsible for all expenses related to their vehicles and any insurance or registration required on the vehicle.

    A taxi, livery or Limousine base can have up to hundreds of vehicles that belongs to their respective owners, but all the vehicles have to be registered under the company's name. This is cheaper for the Owner of the company since they are not responsible for any expenses related to buying, running or maintaining vehicles.

    On the other hand, a Base Owner can decide to keep more control over the fleet by acquiring all the vehicles and hiring Independent Drivers as Workers or Employees.

    For Limousine and Shuttle models, the vehicles often belong to the Company. The reason is that Owner Operators often cannot afford the vehicles required for these operations. Shuttles and Limousines are bigger, better and more expensive vehicles that regular Owners cannot afford.

    For the NEMT model, the State requires that vehicles belong to the Company. Also, leased vehicles are not allowed to be used for Non Medical Emergency Transport in New York as an example.

  • Additional Content: Vehicle Maintenance8:38

    We are offering you a tip on vehicle maintenance. Your vehicle(s) is (are) your business, your bread and butter. They run on the road all day, collect dirt, mileage and need to be cared for regularly.

    In this video your coach is showing you a good maintenance schedule, how to check on your vehicles to find and catch problems before they appear, how to prevent issues from become a big problem.

    Let's take this class outdoors!

Requirements

  • No requirements and no prior experience needed

Description

This course is a product of years of working on and perfecting a system. When i became a taxi driver in 2016, i noticed that there was not a single book, a manual or training that would teach drivers how to run a business. I had to teach myself to be a successful livery driver so i could hire others and let them do my job at a scale while i would be a manager of the entire system. 3 years later, made my first million dollars by having other drivers work for me, i had launched a multi State company and joined the Medicaid Transportation Program, which boosted by income by 20.

Til this date, there is still no manual, no training and no tutorials that would teach transportation drivers how to run and scale their business, which made me launch this course.

Within 7 days, my students are able to learn the other side of the business of driving. They can register their LLC or corporation in 1 (one) day, get the hidden deals on acquiring a vehicle with no money down, no credit, reference or income checks, register a company and begin operating their business within a week. They can build, manage and advertise their online business and be making more money within 7 days.

At the end of this class, a student will have watched us register a company live during class and get a DOS id, build a live website and add a live booking engine to it, then advertise that website to the world.

Good luck to all.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who is looking to launch a transportation business with no or little money