The fumes and exhaust let out by over 1 million cars in Cairo has led to a distressing health problems like asthma and chronic respiratory conditions in the city. To prevent the problem from accelerating further, the government has taken on the necessary step of switching over to eco-friendly cars to serve the capital as cabs. The result is that since March 2006, Hyundais, Kias and Volkswagens have come in so that a fleet of 150 new bright yellow “City Cab” have graced the city.
To popularize the cabs, the government even lowered the import tax from 100 percent to 40 percent for the cab companies. Such cars run only on natural gas, causing no pollution and would be used no longer then 5 years after which a new contract would call forth imports of newer models.
The only downside is that the fares of these cabs are up to 25 percent higher than the black-and-white taxis. 20 percent of Egyptians earn less than $1 a day and this luxury ride is one they ill afford. Hope the Egyptian government is sensitive to this issue too.
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Cairo: One of the worlds' most polluted cities switches over to eco-friendly yellow cabs
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Basically, this is an effort on the government’s part to phase out the old taxis which are often in poor condition and in need of repair, and also a source of pollution. This new yellow cabs have been fitted with catalytic converters so the exhaust fumes are filtered. Furthermore, they operate on cleaner natural gas.//Vw Strut Mount
you have a point but I think they are trying their best to eradicate those pollution problem. Let’s give them the benefit for it.
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