Editing Transport in Cape Verde (section)

== Travel within the islands ==
[[File:2006.06.25.cv.sv.BaiadasGatas.transportes.png|thumb|400px|Minibuses (''Aluguers'') on a beach in Baía das Gatas]][[File:AluguerEmNossaSra.jpg|thumb|400px|A minibus (''aluguer'') on the island of Brava]]
The frequency and regularity of publicly-accessible ground transportation services vary between the islands and municipalities. There are some common features that can be found throughout Cape Verde.  The primary mode of transportation between municipalities is via shared minibuses commonly referred to as a "yasi", because of the [[Toyota HiAce]] which makeup the majority of the minibuses in service.  While 12-14 passenger "yasi" class minibuses connect the major municipalities at their end points, modified pickup trucks with partially covered cabs and benches installed in the back transport passengers along shorter distances through minor municipalities and the rural areas in between.  These modified pickup trucks are referred to as "hilux" after the [[Toyota Hilux]], the common model adapted.  Notably, both "yasi" and "hilux" transportation will stop and pickup any passenger that hails them, as well as drop off any passenger that requests to disembark at any point.  intermuncipality transportation licenses are granted on an individual basis to each vehicle in the name of the owner by the Direcção Geral dos Transportes e Rodoviários (General Directorate of Transport and Roads).  
With the exception of the Praia ⇄ Assomada route on Santiago,  all yasi and hilux class vehicles licensed to carry passengers act as individual freelancers, not collectively.  As such, they do not adhere to scheduling, and have no obligation to provide service.  This includes many vehicles running the same route, owned by the same person.

'''Brava'''

Hiluxes and yasis connect Furna and Nova Sintra mostly when boats arrive.  Other parts of the island are connected by these vehicles.

'''Fogo'''

Fogo has many yasis running the routes between São Filipe and Mosteiros, São Filipe and Chã das Calderas. Unlike many other islands, these buses depart at roughly the same time every day, and despite the presence of multiple vehicles running each route, passengers can find themselves stranded if they do not board a vehicle during the limited departure window.  Yasis tend to depart Mosteiros headed to São Filipe around 6am, and tend to Depart São Filipe headed to Chã around noon.

'''São Vicente'''

[[Mindelo]] has a municipal bus service run by the company Transcor.  Yasi and hilux transportation connects [[Mindelo]] with other parts of the island.  Other transportation companies especially minibuses include Transporte Morabeza, Transporte Alegría, Amizade, Sotral y Automindelo.

'''Santiago'''

Maura Company and Sol Atlántico are the only two companies that have been granted municipal bus service licenses.  Over the past decade, Maura Company, which had previously been the dominant bus company, has retired the majority of its buses, while many that continue to run are in a state of disrepair due to financial difficulties.  Sol Atlántico, in contrast, has greatly increased its fleet of buses, adding several new high capacity buses in 2015.  Municipal bus prices are regulated at 44 escudos per ride.  Transfers are not allowed.  Bus schedules do not exist, but buses start running around 6am and stop around 9pm.  Bus stops exist, and are frequently infiltrated by minibus vehicles (also called "yasis") and both (taxi) licensed and unlicensed "clan" taxis illegally running municipal bus routes without a municipal license.  No other city on Santiago has a municipal bus service.  The government of Assomada has solicited requests for a bus service but so far none has been approved, and there are no short-term plans for any bus company to enter the municipal market.

Transportation between the municipalities and rural areas is handled predominantly by yasi and hilux transportation. Rates are not fixed and range from 20 escudos for short trips between rural areas up to 500 escudos for Praia ⇄ Tarrafal. Some commonly accepted prices charged between municipalities are 100 escudos for Praia ⇄ São Domingos, 150 escudos for Praia ⇄ Orgãos, and 250 escudos for Praia ⇄ Assomada. Some of the yasis start collecting passengers before dawn to transport between Praia and Assomada and Praia and Pedra Badejo, and the last departures usually occur between 7 and 8pm.  These vehicles do not maintain a schedule (with the exception of two early morning vehicles departing Assomada at 5:40 and 6:20 headed to Praia), instead choosing to drive around in circles within the urban centers of Praia, Assomada, and Pedra Badejo to pick up passengers until they are full, or over capacity (14 passengers is the legal limit for an actual Toyota HiAce), at which point they depart.  Yasi drivers employ helpers to hawk out the window the destination of the yasi, as well as the obligatory "cheio", meaning full, with little regard for the number of people aboard. Helpers and drivers sometimes use [[shills]] (fake passengers) to overcome the common chicken and egg problem wherein passengers will not board an empty (or low passenger) minibus in an urban center because they know it will not depart until it is full. They will board a nearly-full (or over capacity) bus because they know it is likely to depart soon.  
In 2015 a project called EcobusCV started running a fleet of dual fuel [[waste vegetable oil]] / diesel modified Toyota HiACE minibuses using a scheduled service model between Praia and Assomada.  Buses depart one per hour, on the hour, from designated bus stops in Praia, at Igreja Nova Apostólica in Fazenda, and Assomada, in front of the court house.  The current departure schedule as of September 15 is one departure per hour, every hour starting at 7am, with the last departure at 6pm.  EcobusCV plans to expand to departures in 30 minute intervals before the end of 2015.  EcobusCV has instituted aggressive, transparent pricing undercutting the informal generally accepted prices between municipalities, which has started to cause freelance yasis to alter their pricing.

Taxis are common in Praia and Assomada. Taxis with a base in Praia are painted beige, while taxis with a base in Assomada are painted white.  They can carry passengers between municipalities, but they are prohibited from circulating and picking up passengers outside of their base city, though they will usually pickup passengers if they get hailed on their way back to their home city. Taximeters are installed in most legal taxis, but many are not functional and they are almost never used because the generally accepted rates are cheaper than what the taximeter would usually count.  In Praia there is a large number of "clan" or clandestine taxis that operate without paying for a license.  Most people identify Toyota Corolla hatchbacks as clans and they are frequently hailed.  While the minimum taximeter price is officially 80, in practice 100 is the minimum a person pays if they board a taxi.  Taxi rates in Praia generally go up to 250 escudos from the furthest points of the city to Plateau, and cross town taxis cap out at 400 during the day. Rates generally go up by 50 escudos after 10pm, though for longer distances some will try to charge an extra 100.  An exception to this rule is the airport.  Airport rates generally range from 500 to 1000 depending on the starting place or destination, and can go up by several hundred at night.

'''Sal'''

Sal has unscheduled yasi service between [[Espargos]] and Santa Maria, with frequent departures in the morning from Espargos, where most locals live, to Santa Maria, where most locals work, and vice versa in the afternoon.