- 168 results for taxi
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Friday 25 November
Hong Kong taxis rank highly
With 18,000 taxis on Hong Kong’s roads, this is a city in which you’ll never have to wait more than a few minutes to find one.
Business / Aviation
Hail the sky taxi
There’s now a more reliable and affordable way to get between Russia’s far-flung regional capitals – a zippy Swiss Air taxi.
Edits / Luxury
Expo 64: Taxi!
Hail a cab from a Tokyo taxi firm whose white-gloved drivers are drilled everyday in what to say to customers, how to clean their cars and how to take real pride in their job.
Design / Environment
Make it better
For over 50 years Kenneth Grange has designed many of the UK’s most recognisable things, from postboxes to taxis. With the UK design and manufacturing industry in decline, he tells Monocle what he thinks needs fixing.
Edits / Travel
Captains on the seas
With over 200 inhabited islands in a chain of around 1,200, Maldivian Air Taxi provides an essential service to tourists and islanders alike. The Maldives’ premier island-hopping service relies on seaplanes and the only…
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
Greece is grumpy with Macedonia (again), Moscow's mad with illegal taxi drivers, and Poles are pleased about new Warsaw skyscraper.
Affairs / Emerging Markets
Lakeland revival
Bujumbura has got all the substance required to turn Burundi’s backwater capital into an African success story and the country’s upcoming elections are a chance to create lasting peace after 15 years of civil war. But…
Business / Innovation
Business Briefing
An indian energy start-up, an African hotel group and a Turkish taxi designer, plus other companies making waves this month.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 6 November
Hurricane Sandy and a wind-up radio
One week ago, life in Manhattan was very different from what it is today. There were no rumbling subterranean subway sounds nor beeping taxi cabs.
The Urbanist, episode 77
Taxi ranking: niche companies, turf wars and obsessions from the front seat. We explore cabbie culture from restaurant recommendations to why you can’t beat the Knowledge.
Edits / Food & Drink
Food briefing
An update on all things food-related, such as a kitchen garden in Melbourne and a sushi taxi in Japan.
The Curator, episode 77
With the opening of our new Monocle café in London and the launch of our revised Monocle 24 schedule, this week’s best-of celebrates new beginnings – including a new take on taxis and an unusual style of pop-up theatre.
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Tuesday 24 July
The identikit Olympics
Last week I arrived back in London after 10 days on the road. Normally I shuttle back into town on the Heathrow Express but this time I decided to take a taxi – for cost and logistical reasons.
Affairs / Urbanism
Americas briefing
Mexico City's taxi fleet plans to go green, all change at Chattanooga, and how Twitter is helping track the spread of illness through cities.
The Urbanist, episode 73
Cars: Whether it’s daytime deliveries for your business or late-night taxis home after the last metro has run, there’s a place in our cities for cars. In this episode we talk Moscow traffic jams, visit the town Volkswagen…