Mandalay Wants to Streamline Its Motorbike Taxis

The Mandalay City Development Committee has announced that soon a city-wide motocycle taxi system will be created in Mandalay in order to ensure a quality and reliable service both for local residents and tourists. 

Over 80 special taxi stations in all the busiest spots in the city and its neighbourhoods, including Amarapura will be created, between 10 and 25 accredited motocycle taxis per station. Motorbike taxi drivers will wear a distinctive uniform and badges with the name of the station indicated.

To be able to operate within the frames of the new system, motobike drivers will have to pay MMK10,000 (USD8) which includes a MMK5,000 registration fee and MMK5,000 permit, while those who will fail to comply with the new law continuing operation without permit, if cauhgt, will pay a fine of MMK30,000.

According to the authorities, this measure will help increase safety for both passengers and drivers. Currently there are almost two thousand motorbike taxi drivers operating in the Mandalay area. When the new system is introduced, some of them risk loosing their job.

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