Dubai taxi trips rise in H2 despite opening of metro

By Andy Sambidge  www.arabianbusiness.com
The number of taxi journeys taken in Dubai rose in the second half of 2009, despite the opening of the emirate’s metro system in September, it was announced on Monday.
More than 36 million trips were taken by cabs in the emirate in H2, two million more than in the first haldf of [...]

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