shared taxi

noun

shared taxi

noun

1

A vehicle for hire, typically smaller than a bus, taking passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, departing when all seats are filled.

In contrast to the mass transit role of the servis taxis in Amman, the shared taxis in Bahrain offered a specialised supplement to the main transport services. Only about 1.5% of all person trips per day were made in 1981 by shared taxi, and they carried only about a quarter as many passengers as the scheduled bus services...1986, D. Coombe et al., “The Role of Paratransit”, in Moving People in Tomorrow's World..., page 115:

Synonyms: bush taxi, colectivo, daladala, danfo, dolmus, jeepney, jitney, local taxi, louage, savari, share taxi, share-taxi, sherut, taxi
Related terms: rideshare
Hyponyms: baht bus, dollar van, marshrutka, matatu, mathree, maxicab, songthaew, taxibus, tro tro, UV Express

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