Cab share scheme would ease afternoon traffic in Cyprus →
I’d love to go there. This via the Cyprus Mail:
The communications ministry scheme involves creating a central call centre for people to contact for afternoon activities, such as pupils’ private lessons. The centre will then coordinate the calls and notify a taxi, which can then pick up groups of pupils who are going in the same direction.
The scheme would cut the number of private cars on the road while keeping taxi fare costs down for individual passengers. This is also expected to boost business for taxi drivers who have been complaining about loss of income, especially since the introduction of a more extensive bus system last year with cheap bus fairs.
The ministry’s unit dealing with public transport has prepared a survey for the new scheme and Communications Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis will present to the taxi drivers tomorrow when she meets with them to discuss their problems.
“It is something we are examining as a means of reducing the use of cars,” said Marcoullis. “We will help plan this service and our main role is to change the current law, which at the moment doesn’t allow for taxis to be hired [in this way]. Therefore we will have to change the law first and now that parliament is open, we will be able to promote it as soon as possible.”
