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Transport vehicles dating back to 1993 will not be licensed: decree
Egypt
December 5, 2013
Transport vehicles dating back to 1993 will not be licensed: decree
Interim President Adly Mansour issued a decree preventing license for taxis and transport vehicles older than 20 years. The decision was…
Taxi of Knowledge: Reading on the road
Books
June 12, 2011
Taxi of Knowledge: Reading on the road
Next time you ride into a white cab in Cairo, go through the small book collection attached to the driver’s…
Egypt’s taxi drivers and the revolution
Life & Style
February 10, 2011
Egypt’s taxi drivers and the revolution
With the curfew and the social and political turbulence taking place in Egypt in the last two weeks, one segment…
Black taxi or white taxi?
Opinion
November 2, 2010
Black taxi or white taxi?
For decades, the Egyptian economy was managed in the same manner that a taxi driver managed his vehicle. The taxi--let’s…
London cabs in Cairo
Life & Style
September 15, 2010
London cabs in Cairo
The landscape of Cairo transportation services has widened in the past couple of years, with yellow cabs and white taxis…
80 Octane gasoline crisis
Egypt
December 16, 2009
80 Octane gasoline crisis
Replacemment
November 10, 2009