Light Traffic And Taxis

This is during the day with light traffic. When the office buildings empty around 5, the traffic doubles until after midnight. On the weekends the traffic is heavy all day long.

The huge increase after work/night time/weekends is mostly due to Taxis. By then, half the cars on the road are Taxis. You will notice many colors of cars. They are all Taxis, each a different company. In the foreground you see a blue one and a yellow over green one. The latter color is for independent Taxis. In the left you see orange,pink, green, yellow,gold, and another yellow over green.

At the rare stop light the motorbikes flow to the front. When traffic is moving, they drive in between all the cars. Notice the one on the left with the orange vest. He is a motorcycle taxi. There are zillions of them, again, about half the motorbikes are taxis. Women in skirts and dresses ride side saddle.

This picture is taken from a skytrain station (more about those in another post). I find the best place to get a taxi is under these. There are bus stops and taxis stop there too, picking up people going home after riding the skytrain. Around the corner in the picture is a motorbike taxi area with 10 -20 motorbike taxis. They do a brisk business.

To get a taxi, you open the back door and tell him your destination. If he nods, you get in. If you need to hail a taxi on the street, you face traffic, extend your left arm out, and wiggle your fingers. I did this for the first time yesterday. There are usually taxis at the taxi stops. But, even if you have to hail a taxi, you will never have to wait long, 5 minutes max.