Taxis

• Like a magician who summons a magic carpet with a handwave, or a billionaire whose chauffeur is always within call, the Jerusalem pedestrian has taxis.
• Two short beeps from a car going the same way you are means a cab driver would like you to stop exercising. When you sit at a bus stop, passing cabs honk or slow down to see if you’ve gotten impatient enough to take a taxi instead.
• You can also phone for a cab. That will add a seventy cent surcharge to your fare, but fares are low. Four to six dollars will take you anywhere in town you want to go.

Copyright 2006 Jane S. Fox