A little kindness can help keep the taxi wheels rolling

Since moving to Beijing, I've become something I never imagined I would be: a frequent taxi commuter.

In other places I've lived, it would have been unthinkable, the cost so prohibitive I would have had to take a second job just to pay for the convenience - and maybe even a third job to help out with the transportation costs to the second.

Here the price is so moderate I've often wondered how the companies and drivers get by.