Why is it difficult to get a taxi in Podgorica: Traffic congestion, parking (bad) culture, bad infrastructure...

Why is it increasingly difficult to get a taxi in Podgorica, is a question that many are looking for an answer to. In traffic chaos in a city with over 200 inhabitants, a taxi is often the only option, when we do not have organized, modern and accessible public transport.

In one of the largest taxi associations in Podgorica, they answer like this:

"The first and basic problem we have in Podgorica is the traffic jam. If the vehicle is somewhere close to the city center, it takes about 15 minutes to get to the location where the customer, that is, the passenger calls a taxi," said Milivoje Bulatović.

Another problem, says Bulatović, is 150 to 200 less taxi licenses than in previous years, so at any given moment there are no more than 500 vehicles on the streets. There is also a problem with personnel, because for younger people in Podgorica, the job of a driver is not very attractive...

It is clear to everyone that public transport urgently needs to be improved, with more new buses, which will be better organized.

The derelict state of traffic, which is further complicated by the expansion of construction and over-dense settlements, without the basic conditions for life, imposes tasks on the new city administration.

"The solution lies in better traffic infrastructure, a greater culture of parking, charging for parking, that will help especially in the city center, change of traffic lines, i.e. line transportation for bus traffic, these are solutions, the Municipality must work there," said Bulatović.

A solution must be found so that a city like Podgorica becomes a decent place to live, and not a car hive where everyone is late and annoyed and drowns in exhaust fumes.