{"id":14070,"date":"2019-10-20T16:40:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T16:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staxi.nl\/2019\/10\/20\/hail-or-pre-book-a-taxi\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T17:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:25:00","slug":"hail-or-pre-book-a-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staxi.nl\/en\/hail-or-pre-book-a-taxi\/","title":{"rendered":"Hail or pre-book a taxi?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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On the taxi fare card you read \u201cmaximum \u20ac35,- Amsterdam <> Schiphol\u201d. Once you arrive at your destination, however, the total price is almost twice that. The taxi meter gives a much higher rate. Result: an angry passenger and a frustrated taxi driver.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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This dispute is an excellent example of the difference between a taxi that you hail in the streets and a taxi that you book in advance.<\/p>

In this article, we’ll explain what a hailed taxi is, how it differs from a pre-booked taxi and why it’s useful to know this difference.<\/p>

Hailed taxi: a randomly boarded taxi<\/h2>

A hailed taxi is a taxi that you flag down on the street or that you board at a taxi rank such as Amsterdam Central Station or Schiphol Airport. Hailing taxi drivers have to comply with tons of rules and regulations.<\/p>

For example, he (or she) must always take the shortest possible route, is obliged to start the taximeter for each trip, and so on.<\/p>

You’ll always pay a metered fare if you take a hailed taxi.<\/p>

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A couple is waiting to board a Staxi at a taxi rank.<\/em><\/p><\/div>

The Amsterdam taxi-hailing market<\/h2>

When you embark a random taxi in the streets or taxi ranks, you’re making use of the taxi-hailing market. In Amsterdam, there are strict rules for drivers that operate on the hailing market.<\/p>

Of course, the national Passenger Transport Act (WP2000) applies to every taxi driver throughout the Netherlands. This Act allows local authorities to impose additional requirements on drivers that want to operate on the hailing market in a local taxi regulation.<\/p>

Amsterdam was the first city to make use of this opportunity. The most important provision for Amsterdam taxi drivers is that, if they want to work on the hailing market, they must be a member of an Authorized Taxi Organisation (TTO). There are seven TTOs in Amsterdam, the first of which was Staxi<\/a>.<\/p>

Other examples of Amsterdam taxi rules are:<\/p>