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The go-to Taxi service is called Grab, and it's very reasonable - $25 dollars gets you almost anywhere. That does make car ownership look even sillier, but if you have a bike then no taxi will take you. There are specific bike taxi services, but there are only a handful of them and they get booked up well in advance for busy times/when a sudden tropical thunderstorm rolls in.
Only Bromptons may be taken on public transport as there are strict size limits on what can be and cannot go - folding bikes that only fold once are too large, Bromptons double fold gets them under the size limit. The frame of a mountain bike is too long, so even if you break the bike down it's not allowed.
I've been quite tempted by a Honda N Van, as they're fun little vehicles - but, $170,000 upwards, which for a Kei Van (and, when a 911 is 30k away) I just can't bring myself to do.