Taxis support Smart Move

The taxi industry has unveiled its support to Smart Move’s objective to double the use of buses and coaches by adopting a set of common taxi values: flexible, comfortable, green, safe and accessible, including as a recognised part of the public transport, on the occasion of the IRU International Taxi Forum held in Cologne, Germany, on 5 November 2010. Taxis and buses can complement each other: including taxis in the collective transport chain may even increase the total number of collective transport, particularly in the evening. For example, the introduction of on-demand hail-shared taxis, which can be used with a bus ticket at a reduced price, may encourage more people to use buses.