TAXIS - Why Vilnius is short of cabbies

  • 2007-08-15
  • By Kimberly Kweder
VILNIUS - The job is a nightmare during the weekends, Vidris said. He's feeling altogether too popular these days. During the brief time I was in his cab, the cell phone in his shirt pocket rang several times with clients requesting service. Vidris, who asked me not to print his last name or the name of his company, has been driving a taxi for eight years. In just a few words, he sums up the biggest problem facing the taxi industry in Lithuania's capital:"There's not enough taxi drivers in Vilnius," he said. "I think we're going to see major problems during the morning and evening rush ...
 
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