2010 Shanghai World Expo

4,000 Expo taxis get ready to roll

Four thousand brand-new taxis for the 2010 World Expo will hit the roads next month. Most of them will be Volkswagen Touran cars, higher-level vehicles than the Volkswagen Santana cars that make up most of Shanghai’s current taxi fleets.

About 350 will be Buick LaCrosse Hybrids, in tribute to the coming direction of the local taxi industry, according to Huang Rong, director of the Shanghai construction and transport commission.

They’ll all be painted white and carry the logos of “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China” and Haibao, the mascot for the Expo. “The 4,000 taxis will all be booked by phone or online reservations,” Huang said. Meanwhile, the training of the 8,000 Expo taxi drivers has started, the Shanghai Communications, Transport and Port Administration Bureau said yesterday.

All of the taxis will have English service with interpreters on standby at the operating center of every taxi company when the World Expo opens in May.

Wendy, Shanghai Expo

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