Dushanbe authorities warn to withdraw licenses of taxi drivers who will fail to paint their cars specified color until June 15.
The Dushanbe Administration’s website says that all taxi drivers working in Dushanbe should paint their cars a single color set by the city’s Administration until June 15.
The taxi drivers who will fail to fulfill this regulation will be deprived of operating licenses, according to the website.
Recall, Dushanbe Mayor Rustam Emomali in January this year signed a decree obligating local tax companies to switch to single-color fleets beginning on June 15 this year.
The Dushanbe Administration announced an open tender in November last year for a single appearance of taxicabs in the Tajik capital. Both local and foreign physical and legal entities have been invited to participate in the tender.
Badriddin Qurbonov, a teacher at Tajik Technical University, has won the tender and received a 5,000-somoni prize money, according to the Dushanbe Administration’s press center.
Qurbonov has offered a yellow-white color for Dushanbe taxicabs.
Meanwhile, some foreign researchers consider that yellow cars are less likely to get into accidents. In the early 20th century, as cars became more prevalent and affordable, taxi outfits like the Chicago Yellow Cab company chose to paint their cars a single color to increase their visibility, both as a brand and on the roads, as the gaudy cars were impossible to miss on the city’s sooty streets. Today, yellow cabs remain the standard in cities across the globe.
