How to call a Cab in Rome

06/06/09 and APP / By cab / Means of transport / Transportation

The phone number 060609 and the ChiamaTaxi (Calling a Taxi) application are the two Roma Servizi per la Mobilità routes to reach the closest taxis, which saves your precious hours and your costs. It is made possible thanks to the resource provided by Roma Capitale and the Ministry of the Environment as part of a sustained policy of mobilisation.

Cab riders who have taken part in the scheme have a special tablet/smartphone app to reach the client directly from their own cars. At 06060609, the number of the request is 06060609, where the name of the road at which the visitor is located is requested. Automatic voice recognition forwards the call to the next pillar, where a cab rider answers and acknowledges his arrival: if the cab attendant is temporarily absent from the box (after two attempts), the system forwards the call to the next box, otherwise the system forwards the call directly to the next cab, which can assess the estimated destination of the call.

Waiting times will be less, as will the amount on the counter when you get into the cab. Customers call the cab from their smartphones or tablets, communicate their location via touch screen or speech recognizer and immediately speak to the next cab, which can assess both arrivals and departures.

Authorised taxis in Rome are black and have the words taxis on the rooftop; the front hatches carry the Roma Capitale emblem and the cab sign, which is also in the vehicle on the back right there. The amount of the fee is 00 above the starting amount displayed on the meter; at this point, the student changes to the second (T2) rate scale until the amount is raised by a further 13 ?.

Trips starting within the Great Ring Road (GRA) and leading to Fiumicino Airport and back may not be more than 70,00 ?. Surcharges may be added to this amount: extra luggage, flat rate for calls by wireless cab, all users from the fifth day on. All these surcharges are then added to the distance covered by the gauge.

From Fiumicino to Rome (within the Aurelian Walls) it takes about 40-50 min, with a lump sum (per car) of 48 ?. Trips originating on the Great Ring Road (GRA) and leading to Fiumicino Airport and back may not more than ? 70,00. The journey from Ciampino to Rome (within the Aurelian Walls) takes about 30 min, with a lump sum (per car) of ? 30.

Any complaint should be addressed to Roma Capitale, Department of Mobility and Transport - Guarantee Commission, Via Capitan Bavastro n° 94, 00154 Roma.