Public Transportation and Intermodal Terminals

[jef7]

Does anyone here have any experiences with taking a taxi from NAIA 1 late at night? Of course I've never had any problems taking a taxi for early arrivals at MNL, but for late-night arriving flights, I wonder if it's safe? I guess one could do transfer directly with the hotels, but I suspect the price to be tripled, if not more.

[MirageBistro]

Originally Posted by jef7

Does anyone here have any experiences with taking a taxi from NAIA 1 late at night? Of course I've never had any problems taking a taxi for early arrivals at MNL, but for late-night arriving flights, I wonder if it's safe? I guess one could do transfer directly with the hotels, but I suspect the price to be tripled, if not more.

Actually, if youre talking about robbery, its not you whos in danger
Its the driver

[ryanr]

The airport taxis are safer than regular taxis..so you shouldnt be experiencing any problems with them.

[kiretoce]

Originally Posted by jef7

Does anyone here have any experiences with taking a taxi from NAIA 1 late at night? Of course I've never had any problems taking a taxi for early arrivals at MNL, but for late-night arriving flights, I wonder if it's safe? I guess one could do transfer directly with the hotels, but I suspect the price to be tripled, if not more.

Don't hotels in Metro Manila have complimentary airport pick-up/drop-off shuttle/limo service?

[MirageBistro]

Originally Posted by GreyX

The airport taxis are safer than regular taxis..so you shouldnt be experiencing any problems with them.

Yeah, they have good service(but expensive) including CBs which they always say "bravo" "charlie"
"alpha" "delta"

[jef7]

Originally Posted by kiretoce

Don't hotels in Metro Manila have complimentary airport pick-up/drop-off shuttle/limo service?

You know kiretoce, some Makati hotels do offer transfer from the airport to the hotel. However, it really isn't complimentary, if you know what I mean. The room rate you have to pay, most of the time is almost double the cheapest rate.

But I guess the official taxi, should be fine. Thanks for the reassurance.

[ryanr]

Originally Posted by MirageBistro

Yeah, they have good service(but expensive) including CBs which they always say "bravo" "charlie"
"alpha" "delta"

Airport taxis aren't expensive. Yes, they are more expensive the regular taxis, but they are fairly priced for their better service. Also, regular taxis are not allowed to pick up arriving passengers.

[MirageBistro]

Originally Posted by GreyX

Airport taxis aren't expensive. Yes, they are more expensive the regular taxis, but they are fairly priced for their better service. Also, regular taxis are not allowed to pick up arriving passengers.

Yep. Arriving Passengers need their own car or as you said, airport taxi service.
BTW: the drivers will talk to you in a ver kind and interesting way. Will also ask nice questions, not like the local taxis which keep on talking about the burnt down harrison plaza....etc

[Æsahættr]

Yeah, its a pleasant experience.

[bustero]

The avanza should be interesting. I've not seen one up close, it should be smaller than an innova , larger than the vios, which is what is being used now for taxis and which toyota want's to discourage.

With the demise of the fx, I'm curious which will be the standard bearer for the maxi-taxis. I hope they put up a new model for this too and kill the jeeps.

Yes there are very large taxi companies operating in MM, even larger than the fleets in cebu but because of the absolute number of cabs in the metropolis, it's small relative to total populations hence not as easy to see. I think if you had a 1000 cab fleet that would not stand out much.

All in all taxis are quite cheap here and relatively safe, though always use precaution as in every other place.

[Æsahættr]

I love those Starex turbodiesels.

[ryanr]

Originally Posted by bustero

The avanza should be interesting. I've not seen one up close, it should be smaller than an innova , larger than the vios, which is what is being used now for taxis and which toyota want's to discourage.

With the demise of the fx, I'm curious which will be the standard bearer for the maxi-taxis. I hope they put up a new model for this too and kill the jeeps.

Yes there are very large taxi companies operating in MM, even larger than the fleets in cebu but because of the absolute number of cabs in the metropolis, it's small relative to total populations hence not as easy to see. I think if you had a 1000 cab fleet that would not stand out much.

All in all taxis are quite cheap here and relatively safe, though always use precaution as in every other place.

Yeah, its smaller than the Innova and larger than the Vios.

I certainly do not hope for anything to kill the jeepney. Its part of our heritage, let it live. But however, i want its services to be reduced. Let the MRT, buses and FX type cabs fully take over in main thoroughfares. I also do not want to see any jeeps in Makati and BGC.

True, there are so many taxis in the metro that even if a company has a large fleet, it will hardly make a dent in the taxi scene. But thats just it, i wish all taxis belong to a large company and have 5-10 major taxi companies controlling Manila's taxi operations. That way, there is more consistency, better security, more reliable service and more professionalism. I base this on the success of the taxi operations in Jakarta, where the largest company, Blue Bird has received many awards on their professional service throughout Asia.

I think cab operators will find the Starex too expensive to operate. But airport taxis use them.

[MirageBistro]

Somehow, this thread reaches 600 after 3 days

[bustero]

grey, i suppose you've seen in them in djakarta, they're three rows right? 2/3/2 that's what i was made to understand.

any place with a jeepney service can best be served by a minibus (the right type not the old ones which were banned), more efficient less breakdowns, better drivers, they can keep the jeeps is some tourst places. the time for more efficient transpo has come , we can't keep it around forever, it's 60 year old makedo technology which killed the tram system in manila, don't get me wrong I'm quite fine with the idea and sentiment of the jeep but as mass transport and in a sustainable manner leaves a lot to be desired.

[queetz@home]

^ HAH!!!! I thought World War 2 killed the tram system in Manila!!!

Well!!! I guess all the more reason to agree with your opinions. Too add to that, jeepneys also help create the mega traffic jams present in some major roadways, despite improvements like viaducts. Those jeepneys have to go and be placed solely for tourist and "heritage" purposes, sort of like how San Francisco has those cable cars and F-Line streetcar.

Minibuses (aka shuttle buses normally seen in airports shuttling people to rental car lots) to help supplement a transit fleet for those sprawly routes are becoming a rave in some North Americans cities for some reason.

[bustero]

you're actually right, the american bombing damaged it , but the key extenuating circumstance for not rebuilding was that it was cheaper to rely on the jeepney and since so much other reconstruction needed to be done, they didn't bother. It was a workable stop gap at the time but is now lasting too long for a serious transit solution. Just too bad, otherwise we'd have a nice system of trams in place , instead of the jeepneys.

on another note the maxi taxi is killing some of jeepneys efficiency, the fx's take a hughe bite out of the longer runs since they're so much more comfortable!

[queetz@home]

Well, the tram lines aren't the only one needed to be reconstructed after WW2 but note that this was a time when the US was tearing down their tram lines because of the GM Streetcar Conspiracy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General...car_conspiracy

And given that the Philippines pretty much followed the American model of auto-oriented transportation as oppose to the more efficient European rail oriented model, that could have also contributed to the demise of the Tramvia.

[_zner_]

ive seen a fancy taxi once, and guest what? that taxi is toyota Vios!! i was shocked because i cant imagine seeing a vios turning into a taxi...and mind you, it was something like vios was newly released in the market..

[Dvorak]

flag down is Php30.00, then every 250 meters, it's Php2.50 (so that's 10.00 per KM).. then every 60 secs idle it's another Php2.50.

so a 15 KM taxi ride should cost you around Php180.00+ depending on traffic.

Originally Posted by IsaganiZenze

anywho, i was just wondering, what is the usual rate for taxi fares in manila, i know they meter, but how many peso/km?

[Dvorak]

you haven't rode / seen an ALTIS one yet.. madami dami na rin sila..

also a lot of taxi now are using LPG as fuel... it's cheaper.. only costs them 22.00 per liter compared to 38.00 for gas.

Originally Posted by (((myx)))

ive seen a fancy taxi once, and guest what? that taxi is toyota Vios!! i was shocked because i cant imagine seeing a vios turning into a taxi...and mind you, it was something like vios was newly released in the market..