Results tagged “taxi”

If you've seen stickers for an English speaking hotline and thought that was cool, you'll be blown away by the new dispatch system: press a button and be connected instantly to a translator. Cool, right? But perhaps better than the added service is the uniform regulations: all 100,000 or so taxi drivers have to dress in blue suits, white shirts and blue ties during the entire span of the expo. Having met many cab drivers we couldn't picture in a suit if we tried, we wonder how exactly the relevant authorities plan to enforce this one.

Shanghai Daily is shouting that taxi cabs are now going to be more expensive. Starting from October 11th, the floor price will be raised from the 11RMB/3KM we've been used to all these years to a wallet-busting 12RMB/3KM. The stretch cabbies drive after that 3KM floor will be increased to 2.40RMB, from its original 2.10RMB per km. There was never a better time to learn how to ride the bus.

Definitely welcome news to our ears, eyes and headspaces - the televisions streaming constant looping advertisements in the back of Shanghai's taxis are thankfully on the out.