Taxis in the Metro

The taxi should be the most convenient way to travel around the metro but most of the time it's not because of abusive drivers: 'contracting' of fares, they don't give correct change, and if you don't know the way you are going, they will go to a 'long cut' trip to rip you off, and worst of all, sometimes the drivers are also hold uppers.

Because of these, I even discourage my family members to ride a taxi not unless its really urgent to do so. Now, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board or LTFRB is now implementing taxis to issue receipts to passengers. Somehow this will curb the unscrupulous activities of these drivers.

When I was in Cebu, It's really good that a major mall implements a scheme that an employee of the mall provides you a slip that indicates the plate number of the taxi you are about to ride and the contact numbers you may call if just in case you need to report something. This scheme is also practiced in Mactan International Airport.

In NAIA 3 terminal, on my way home, I also rode the yellow metered taxi that is maintained by the MIAA or Manila International Airport Authority. I noticed that they are charging a bit higher, 70 pesos for flag down and 4 pesos for succeeding 300 meters, but its worth it. These yellow taxis are new and air conditioning is good, and it's taxi meter don't charge if you are on a full stop or stuck in traffic, it only charges the equivalent to the total distance traveled by the taxi.

I still believe there's still hope and good job to those who strives to provide an honest service to commuters.