Rome Taxis Offer Discounts for Solo Women
Good news for women traveling alone at night in Rome and Milan.
The city of Rome has announced an initiative that will provide 5 Euro
discount coupons for women traveling alone in Rome at night. The coupons
will be valid towards any taxi trip for females with radiotaxi 3570
between 9:00 PM and 06:00 AM, according to an article today in Il
Giornale. The goal of the project is to protect women from
aggression and sexual violence in the major cities of Rome and Milan.
The initiative will begin in May and last through September, possibly
longer if the city finds additional sponsors to subsidize the cost.
Beginning in May, coupons will be made available at Rome nightclubs,
universities, and other places of business. Now the question left is,
how will we be able to get our hands on them to give some to female tourists in Rome? Stay tuned, we've got our people working on it!
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04/23/2010 - Lisa at Wanderlust Women
It's a good start but with the average Rome taxi fare at 20 euros, they are still too expensive. Rome's buses are just as good at night. Then again, if you are a single woman in any major city on the street at 3am, is "discount" the first thing to enter your head? I'm just sayin'!
04/24/2010 - Michael @ Culture Discovery
Very nice... can we work on extending Metro hours now?
