23 November, 2008

no more salik for taxis

According to Gulf News...

"Dubai: Taxi passengers in Dubai will no longer have to pay the Salik road toll, it has been announced.

The Roads and Transport Authority said the move was part of a series of initiatives aimed at improving taxi services."


more here

16 comments:

sadia said...

sounds good.

Unknown said...

This makes lots of sense as part of a policy to incentivise the use of public transportation.

i*maginate said...

like I really wanna ride one in the first place

Anonymous said...

Cool...Now all we need is for the taxies to actually stop for the passengers...

Anonymous said...

i*maginate :) Well, there are occasions when the car is in the garage for a day and you can't be bothered to rent a car for just one day.. you will either have a second car or will take a taxi.

But yes, I rarely have pleasant experiences in ones. I don't really enjoy being in the company of depressed or angry people. Not to mention the odors that some have. Yeah, thank you very much.

Eccentric M said...

a step in the right direction, hopefully.

Anonymous said...

Is anyone having trouble accessing facebook? Its not coming up blocked, just not loading at all...

Anonymous said...

it took 1 hour for a taxi to stop from me yesterday

imagine...standing like a dog on the street waving at them and they just pass by

i*maginate said...

DE - yeah I know all that crap and taxis are a last resort for me. I would rather pay double Salik and ride a camel under the gates. At least I'd be deriving lengthy pleasure that way.

Proud Emirati said...

There is a catch. Now u have to pay 20 Dirhams extra to go to Sharjah !

Anonymous said...

i just booked one for tomorrow lets see if he charges me for it.
Frustrated im having the same problem. on the first try it comes as network unavailable but then if u click on the link again it loads if not try mozilla instead and do the same it takes 2 tries lemme knw how it goes

Anonymous said...

i*maginate & DE

Camels do smell much better!
As they say one man meat is another man's poison or is it....To each his/her own!

-FR

Anonymous said...

Hopefully next step will be no salik on Fridays and national holidays, like paid parking...

P.S. why comment moderation is still enabled? I remember it was enabled long time ago but didn't imagine it will stay enabled all that long! Is it going to be a permanent rule?

BuJ said...

vote for educating taxi drivers!

Anonymous said...

@ 24 Nov, 17.07, dogs wave too?

@ I*maginate, er.. ride a camel? derive lengthy pleaure? That's some innuendo there erm.. lady...

i*maginate said...

Shudder - young camels taste the best.

Post a Comment

NOTE: By making a post/comment on this blog you agree that you are solely responsible for its content and that you are up to date on the laws of the country you are posting from and that your post/comment abides by them.

To read the rules click here

If you would like to post content on this blog click here