Public transportation in Doha cannot be called very developed and diverse, as locals use mostly their own cars.
Tourists are more likely to rent cars or use cabs as their primary means of transportation. Cabs in Doha are quite cheap, common, and available in any part of the city at any time of the day or night. You can easily recognize cabs on the street by the blue color of the cars.
If you consider cabs as the main transportation for tourists in Doha, the prices are as follows: during the daytime, the price for a taxi in Doha is 50 QAR per 1 km, and 75 QAR per km outside the city. At night time, cabs drive at double fare. The price per minute of idling is 10 QAR during the day, and 20 QAR at night.
Doha's public transportation is represented by buses and minibuses. They are mainly driven by expatriates and laborers. It is noteworthy that public transportation in Doha was introduced only in 2005.
