PARISis home to 15,100 taxis which
transport more than 500,000 of the city's
9,600,000 residents, visitors and business people
each day. THE
PARISIAN TAXIScan be found at the railway
stations, airports and the 745 taxi ranks
scattered around Paris and the surrounding
suburbs. 205 of these taxi ranks are equipped with
telephone links. They are always equipped with a
neon sign "TAXI PARISIEN" on the roof and with a
clearly visible meter on the dashboard and which
establish the price to pay for the journey.
Models
of the Parisian
Taxis neon roof signs
IT'S
IMPORTANT, notably when you
arrive at an airport or a railway station, not
to confuse taxi with limousines, great luxury
vehicles, without any distinctive external sign,
which apply special contract rates. Be wary of illegal taxis (without external
sign and meter) which offer you special contract
rates, often much higher than normal rates.
TO
TAKE A TAXI, you can...
Hail it in the street, as
long as it is more than 50 metres from a rank. If
it is less than 50 metres, it can only pick you up
providing there are no cabs at the rank.
Call one of the ranks
equipped with a telephone.
Telephone a radio-taxi service,
which will then pick you up from where you are
calling.
Pre-book with an
independent driver or a radio-taxi service.
