Owner-Operators - purchase their own taxi. The owner is responsible for all aspects of the taxi and can work their own schedule. This even allows the owner to lease the taxi cab to other drivers. 

A taxi driver is a professional driver who transports passengers to their chosen destinations through the use of a taxi cab. By transporting their passengers, they earn a fare depending on the length of the taxi cab ride. If the driver is working for a company, they will be dispatched by the company to go and pick up passengers. They may also drive around for different hours of a shift to pick up waiting passengers for fares.

A taxi driver's shift may be very busy or slow, based on the area that the driver is working. How busy the shift is and how many fares the driver collects will determine the pay structure for each day.