Most Haitians do not have private cars and they get around on motorcycle taxis or the often elaborately painted vans and trucks known as "tap taps". But none were available on Monday as drivers took place in a strike over driver licenses, fuel and property, among other things.
"We don't want this budget [new taxes] to pass," one protester in the capital Port-au-Prince told The Associated Press. "We don't want it."

Most shops were closed, as were schools because students could not get to class. Government offices were technically open, but most employees could not get to work.
President Jovenel Moise  was out of the country to attend the UN General Assembly, but has said the money will go back to the public in the form of services and new infrastructure.
Last week, protesters brought parts of Port-au-Prince to a standstill to protest the government's budget plans. The demonstrations, at times, turned violent. 
"These little thieves in parliament voted for this budget to help the government exploit the people," protester Marco Paul Delva, who stood by a barricade of flaming tires near the legislature, told AFP news agency. 
Traffic in the centre of Port-au-Prince and on key routes around the city grounded to a halt after protesters threw stones and tires across roads.
Protesters directed their anger towards politicians who approved an unpopular budget earlier this month that raises taxes on products including cigarettes, alcohol and passports.