Transportation

Standard taxi cab.  They have a bright LED sign in the front right window that shows whether they are free or not.

David has noted that nearly all the motorbikes are not scooters like they are in Italy.

My picture of the busy traffic doesn't really do it justice here.  We counted 14 lanes of traffic on this main boulevard.  4 bus lanes in the center and 5 lanes of cars going in each direction.  Several times today we had to cross streets where the traffic was blocking the intersection.  These were streets along the waterfront where every semi was hauling shipping containers and were about 5 ft away from the next semi's bumper.  I did NOT like this!  One move forward and we'd be squished between two trucks!

We have not seen many people riding bikes and with the busy streets I can see why.  I was surprised to come across this bike lane the other day.  Most steets do not have room for bikes.

I discovered that the buses are run by various private companies that contract out different routes around the city.  I had noticed that most buses had their route numbers painted on them rather than posted in some interchangable way based on whatever route was being run that day. I'm not sure how many different companies there are.  I've gotten pictures of at least four different ones.

This sign shows somewhat the extent of the bus system.  The line across the top is one of the subway lines with each stop as a dot.  Underneath each stop is a list of 5-30 bus lines that come by on the street at that subway stop!