Questions about taxis in Trieste

According to Radio Taxi Trieste's fare card you pay by the meter: €4 starting fare, valid for the first 77 metres, then €0.10 every 77 metres (about €1.30 per km) and €0.10 every 14 seconds when the car is stopped or in a queue. The minimum fare is €7.

From 10 pm to 6 am and on holidays from 6 am to 10 pm, €2 is added. Under the City regulations the minimum fare does not include surcharges, so at night and on holidays the minimum becomes €9.

On the uphill roads of the upper districts, when the route passes certain points, the taximeter counts €0.10 every 62.5 metres, about €1.60 per km. It does not apply to rides ending at Cattinara hospital. The list of points is on the fares page.

From central Trieste to Ronchi dei Legionari airport the fare card gives €60, surcharges included. To come back you need a taxi working at the airport.

€35 from the central area, on call, day and night.

At most €13, or less if the taximeter shows less, from the central area and back; at night and on holidays the €2 surcharge may be added.

It is the 10% discount for women travelling alone by taxi from 10 pm to 6 am.

Yes: €2.40 in port areas and free points, €1 for each piece of luggage over 125 cm (sum of the three dimensions) and €1 for animals: dogs with muzzle and lead, cats in a carrier. Wheelchairs and guide dogs travel free. Motorway and ferry tolls are paid by the customer.

The City regulations allow drivers to have a card reader, and in that case the car must show the stickers of the accepted networks. The cooperative does not say which cars have one: ask when you call or before you get in.

Call Radio Taxi Trieste on +39 040 307730: an operator answers 24 hours a day and sends the nearest taxi to your address. There is also the Radiotaxi Trieste app, on the App Store and Google Play.

No: the City regulations forbid taxi drivers from taking bookings. Call when you need the taxi.

Yes, if it is free, but not near a rank where taxis or customers are waiting: this is set by the City regulations.

No: under the City regulations you can choose any taxi in the line.

If you call the radio taxi, when the driver receives the call; if you call from the rank's phone, when the taxi leaves the rank; in the street, when you stop it. This is set by the City regulations.

Yes, if the driver agrees: under the City regulations drivers must accept rides starting in Trieste, but destinations outside the city need their consent. They cannot start a ride in another town.

Radio Taxi Trieste has cars equipped for one wheelchair passenger plus three, subject to availability: call +39 040 307730. Under the City regulations wheelchairs are carried free.

€1 for each piece over 125 cm, adding the three dimensions. The driver must load luggage if it does not damage the car.

Yes, for €1 more: dogs with muzzle and lead, cats in a carrier. Guide dogs travel free. Under the City regulations the driver may refuse animals that dirty or damage the car.

Under the Italian Highway Code, in a taxi children shorter than 1.50 m may travel without a car seat only on the back seat, with someone aged at least 16. If you want a car seat, ask when you call.

Call +39 040 307730. Under the City regulations the driver hands over to the Local Police office within 48 hours any items they cannot return right away.

Write to the cooperative at contatti@radiotaxitrieste.it: disputes can also go to its disciplinary committee. First note the taxi's number and the town it belongs to; the Local Police oversee the service.

It has an illuminated TAXI sign, lit when the taxi is free, a «TAXI – Servizio pubblico» plate at the back on the right with the number and the City's coat of arms, and inside a sticker with the licence number and the fares.