OREANDA-NEWS. August 13, 2010. Water taxi in St. Petersburg arranged by local authorities this year is very popular among the citizens of the city. This transport helps reducing time to get to the place needed.

Small boats arrive each 10 min, and as there is no traffic maximum time to reach any place is 15 min. All boats are equipped with GLONASS. The signal of the navigation and positioning equipment is acquired at the dispatcher center, thus helping to monitor the boats.