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Moscow taxi to operate free in emergency cases

01 February 2011 07:50 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA-Economics. The Moscow government has signed an agreement with major taxi companies to provide free passenger cab service during emergencies. This has been reported by the metropolitan Department of transportation and development of road-and-transport infrastructure, BCM reported.

The companies that have signed the agreement and work in the city daily own more than 2,700 cars in total. According to the agreement, 10% of the cars, which makes about 270 taxis, can be mobilized rapidly.

During an emergency, the main task of the taxi will be to evacuate and, if necessary, to provide transportation to the competent services of first response.

As previously reported, after the attack in the capital’s Domodedovo airport on January 24, and in connection with the information about the taxi drivers overcharging the fare from the airport to the subway up to 20-30 thousand rubles, Sergei Sobyanin, the Mayor of Moscow, said that there is a need to conclude agreements with the taxi companies.