A taxi in hand is worth two on the road
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Despite our large fleet of 28,000 taxis already on the roads, complaints surface regularly about commuters unable to get a cab when they need one. LTA should continue looking into ways of maximising the efficiency of cab usage beyond adding more to the roads or mandating a minimum mileage for each cab. For example, it can coordinate with taxi companies to manage a service that increases cab drivers' chances of picking up more fares rather than cruising empty while on shift. - See more at: http://ride.asiaone.com/news/general/story/taxi-hand-worth-two-road#sthash.INU5ZJlv.dpuf
SINGAPORE - I got my driving licence in 1998, but continued happily taking cabs and public transport for a few more years.
I finally gave up on cabs in 2003. I still recall the exact moment I swore to get my own car. It was raining and I stood outside my office building in Toa Payoh, struggling with my umbrella, my handbag and my heavy laptop bag, trying to flag a non-existent cab.
I bought a second-hand car shortly after.
Ten years on, many commuters are facing the same problem of getting cabs on rainy days and during peak hours. Taxi availability returned to the news last week.
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) decided to give taxi companies another six months till December to meet service standards that require 70 per cent of cabs to ply the roads during peak hours (7am to 11am and 5pm to 11pm) and to ensure that 70 per cent of a cab company's fleet clock a minimum daily mileage of 250km. The proportions go up from next year.
The LTA's standards are a good first step towards tackling the persistent mismatch: commuters who say they can't find cabs when they need one, and drivers who spend hours cruising empty.
This is surprising given that there are 28,000 taxis run by seven companies in Singapore. Cab numbers rose 47 per cent from 2003.
But taxi ridership has gone up only 16 per cent.
What this shows is that adding more cabs alone will not solve Singapore's taxi problem. Instead, each cab already licensed must be put to maximum, and more efficient, use.
The LTA's measures serve to increase only the quantity of cab hours on the road, by requiring cabs to chalk up a minimum mileage and ply during peak hours.
- See more at: http://ride.asiaone.com/news/general/story/taxi-hand-worth-two-road#sthash.INU5ZJlv.dpuf
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Another tcss leeporker...
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Originally posted by Keepthechange666:
Another tcss leeporker...
How about 0.30 jump for normal taxi....
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Whenever reporters or bloggers start to write about taxis in Singapore, it mean that they got no other report to report liao
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where got pax at rainy day not that many , some more if drive on rainy day chances of accident very high i got 2 within a week in rainy days which in turn got sacked by cdg. so if you ask me die die dont bother driving rainy day for few dollars with the risk of loosing $2K if bang someone due to tyre slipping
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Originally posted by Taxitemp12:
where got pax at rainy day not that many , some more if drive on rainy day chances of accident very high i got 2 within a week in rainy days which in turn got sacked by cdg. so if you ask me die die dont bother driving rainy day for few dollars with the risk of loosing $2K if bang someone due to tyre slipping
Esp those holding sonata $10x rental...
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easier to get pok?
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Originally posted by Redxx:
How about 0.30 jump for normal taxi....
When normal taxi jump 0.30...
Limo will jump 0.40 liao...
Than normal will keep on chasing...
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Originally posted by Keepthechange666:
When normal taxi jump 0.30...
Limo will jump 0.40 liao...
Than normal will keep on chasing...
In the first place. ...
Limo meter shouldn't be same as normal cab..
Else..maybe you still holding the steering. .
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Originally posted by j007:
easier to get pok?
If tio pok...
You cant find any 10x sonata to rent liao...
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Tio pok is common lah, it is like hiring and firing mah, but if tio pak, then jialat liao
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Originally posted by bowah:
Tio pok is common lah, it is like hiring and firing mah, but if tio pak, then jialat liao
Tio pok?
Drive taxi not self employ meh?
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Originally posted by Redxx:
In the first place. ...
Limo meter shouldn't be same as normal cab..
Else..maybe you still holding the steering. .
In the first place...
Limo should not have even a meter...
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Bo meter, then speeding at 200km/hr how to know??
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Originally posted by Redxx:
Tio pok?
Drive taxi not self employ meh?
Self employ is a console phrase make up by them. We are all bound by contracts and regulations.