Microbuses and minivans

The privately-owned marshrutkas (маршрутки) or route taxis (usually yellow) stop at bus stops along specified routes. Many run the same routes as trolleys or buses and use the same numbers. Otherwise, try to read the main stops posted on the vehicle’s windshield or side window before it speeds by. Marshrutkas will definitely get you from A to B faster than other forms of municipal transport, as they are smaller and more manoeuvrable; an important feature on Kyiv’s jammed roads. Just flag it down as you would a taxi, then tell the driver “na zupyntsi, budlaska” (“on the stop, please”) when you’ve had enough. Fares are paid as you board and currently range from 2 to 3Hr, but are likely to increase. You don’t have to punch your ticket and there are no monthly passes available.