UAE Community Blog: Taxis

28 November, 2008

According to Gulf News, More than 10,000 taxis face ban by end of 2009; at least 3600 of those removed will be in Dubai.

Compare that to the number of vehicles in Dubai Taxi's fleet:
3000(or at least that's what it says on their website).

Impending taxi-booking disaster anyone? Oh wait, we're already there.

Anonymous said...: Well i hope they introduce to balance these removed taxi.. i live in abu dhabi and to be honest i jus hope they introduce more taxi coz there is already less taxi to serve the needy ,,,,,,; 28 November, 2008 21:26
Seabee said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 29 November, 2008 18:09
Seabee said...: It seems there are about 8,000 taxis in total in Dubai so taking out 3,000 is huge. The sensible thing to do is to take out an old one only when a new one is brought in to replace it. Any bets on whether the RTA will do that?; 29 November, 2008 18:11
CG said...: Ha! This is nearly as funny as Salik. I love Dubai.; 30 November, 2008 10:29
Scarlett O'Hara said...: That means 3,000+ taxi drivers losing their jobs, right?; 30 November, 2008 13:27