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It’s typical in Istanbul to be walking on an empty street, just enjoying the day, when out of the blue the shriek of a taxi’s horn shatters the peace and quite. It’s an annoying problem, these overzealous taxis that compete fiercely with one another for business, often swerving across multiple lanes of traffic just to pick up a rider.

However, soon pedestrians strolling the streets won’t have to deal with the unwanted and aggresive solicitations from taxis. That’s because the Istanbul Metropolitan Government has announced a new plan to centralize control of all taxis. The taxi’s will be placed under the control of a single company, which will equip them with GPS systems and relay a customer’s call to the taxi closest to that customer’s location. Read the rest of this entry »

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