SHAL­IZA HAS­SANALI

Ap­prox­i­mate­ly 5,000 maxi taxi op­er­a­tors—the lifeblood of the na­tion’s pub­lic trans­port sys­tem – will come to a planned halt to­day in protest of long-stand­ing griev­ances.

With these maxi taxis off the roads for the next three days, thou­sands of com­muters will have to look for al­ter­na­tive trans­port op­tions such as Pub­lic Trans­port Ser­vice Cor­po­ra­tion (PTSC) bus­es, taxis and PH cars to get to and from their des­ti­na­tions.