Taxi companies set to standardise some fare components...
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Taxi companies set to standardise some fare components to reduce complexity
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POSTED: 31 Mar 2015 11:04
The components include unit fares, surcharges, booking fees and additional passenger fee, and the proposed requirements are expected to be implemented in the second half of 2015.SINGAPORE: Taxi companies will soon be required to standardise the unit fares, surcharges, booking fees and additional passenger fee components of its taxi fares. The Public Transport Council (PTC) on Tuesday (Mar 31) said this is to prevent taxi fares from becoming even more complex for commuters in the future.
The proposed requirements are expected to be implemented in the second half of the year, after the necessary legislative processes are completed. Flag-down fares will be left as they are for now, as mandating its harmonisation may lead to higher flag-down fares for commuters, said the Land Transport Authority and PTC.
With regard to unit fares, the PTC will require each taxi company to have one set of unit fares for its standard taxis and one set of unit fares for its premium taxis. Unit fares are based on the distance travelled and waiting time of the taxi.
Currently, all standard taxis have the same unit fare of 22 cents, while most premium taxis have a unit fare of 30 cents except for a few models belonging to some taxi companies. To allow for competition, different taxi companies can charge different unit fares.
Each taxi company will also be required to have only one booking fee each for peak period, off peak and advance bookings for all its standard taxis and premium taxis.
The PTC will also require the timings used to define peak-period bookings and advance bookings to be the same across all taxi companies. This is being done by the majority of taxi companies already.
With regard to time surcharges, during peak-period and midnight, as well as location surcharges like in the city and the airport - taxi companies will be required to levy the same surcharge across all its taxi models and across all taxi companies.
The PTC will also mandate that the additional passenger fee, if levied by a taxi company, be the same across all its selected taxi models. Currently, some taxi companies levy an additional passenger fee when their larger taxis carry more than four adult passengers or its equivalent.
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Taxi fare restructuring will have minimal impact on drivers: Taxi association
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POSTED: 31 Mar 2015 13:17
The National Taxi Association, however, hopes the need for premium taxis to have one unit fare will not lead to higher rental charges for its drivers.SINGAPORE: The National Taxi Association (NTA) on Tuesday (Mar 31) said the latest recommendation to restructure taxi fares will likely have minimal impact on taxi drivers.
The Public Transport Council and Land Transport Authority announced earlier Tuesday that it will be a requirement to standardise the unit fares, surcharges, booking fees and additional passenger fee components of taxi fares, and expects the changes to be implemented in the second half of 2015.
The NTA, however, said it hoped the need for premium taxis to have one unit fare will not lead to higher rental charges for its drivers.
It added the recommendation to involve the PTC in a more active role is a welcomed one. The NTA hoped the PTC will ensure the interests and voice of smaller market players, commuters and taxi drivers are heard and taken care of.
The association said it will play a proactive role in supporting the PTC by contributing insights regarding the impact of taxi fares on rental and livelihood of taxi drivers.
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Wa !!! Write such a long essay, end up only 1 component need to standardise - location surcharge
真的是混水摸éš
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i am anxious to know what other location surcharge is standardise cos some coy have more location charges than others.
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location surcharges will be same across all models and taxi companies, however, timming of the surcharges can be different, like some companies surcharge MBS on weekend 24hrs, some only during peak period. That is fine as long as the surcharges are the same. Places to surcharge, taxi companies can implement surcharges, but they can also tell their cabbies, no surcharges from this hour to that hour.
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Originally posted by Reliefdriver4u:
Wa !!! Write such a long essay, end up only 1 component need to standardise - location surcharge
真的是混水摸éš
Their job should give it to my bro Ah Fool, he also can do, maybe do better than them. -
Happy April fool's day to all lol
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Aiyah, no surprise lah...Aunty Josephine oredi said it in Parliament on 11 Mar liao..Then paper general tell whole world how much TD earns.
Funny is all those rumours confirmed 1000% will increase lah, whole day peak hr surcharge lah...reliable source from CDG lah...PTC lah...
But dun worry lah..someday, sometime in the future, taxi fares must increase. So will rental...
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Originally posted by Taxilim88:
Aiyah, no surprise lah...Aunty Josephine oredi said it in Parliament on 11 Mar liao..Then paper general tell whole world how much TD earns.
Funny is all those rumours confirmed 1000% will increase lah, whole day peak hr surcharge lah...reliable source from CDG lah...PTC lah...
But dun worry lah..someday, sometime in the future, taxi fares must increase. So will rental...
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All these rumours are :
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There will be a concession pass for people who travel on Taxi often.
To enjoy the concession, pass holders simply buy the concession pass at any Transitlink Ticket office, using Ez-Link card.
When the taxi arrives at the destination, all you have to do is to take out your Ez-Link card and place it on the card reader in the taxi.
The concession prices wil be revealed at closer to implementation.
April Fool!
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My call .... remove peak surcharge. Increase start basic fare by another 20 to 25%. Increased unit fare by the same percentage. like this I happy. ...if not throw key.
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Reduce rental for older taxi lah, knn, NTA should fight with taxi companies on this ground. New taxi, rental high due to car prices As car depreciated yearly, still paid same rental price??? Rental price should reduce yearly, not only hirer continue to drive, it also help to compensate more fuel use, more parts problem, and also encourage newbies to take up older cabs. knn...we tio chiak until cau cau
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Huh simi Antalya ?
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Antalya is a ward in block 33 of IMH. Recently, human rights group have voice their concern over the lack of activity and access to Information for IMH patients, these might further aggravate mental illiness patients sickness in way of lonliness and sedantry life. Therefore IMH decided to open up wifi and provide station for patient to acess to internet so that they can chat, play and read up. I guess Nasty is one of them using it there and managed to access to sg forum. But he means no harm, like ladies, it just a montly period issue, once over, he will not disturb anyone
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Αττάλεια (Antalya). This is Greek word.
Sometimes bak bak will tell you, "No Greek".
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You wu siao bo, ask taxi uncle to read up dictationary? mai lah, with grab, hailo, cdg calls...seibei bo eng liao
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Originally posted by bowah:
Reduce rental for older taxi lah, knn, NTA should fight with taxi companies on this ground.
New taxi, rental high due to car prices
As car depreciated yearly, still paid same rental price???
Rental price should reduce yearly, not only hirer continue to drive, it also help to compensate more fuel use, more parts problem, and also encourage newbies to take up older cabs.
knn…we tio chiak until cau cau
KNN like that people car loan should also reduce over time right? Every year the car depreciate, so the loan quantum also reduce, monthly installment also drop every year. Can or not ah bowah?
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Yes, it will drop, especially the last year, even HDB loan also same, as you go along, you paid less installment. But because now car only allow 5 years loan, you dun see much of a different, but during the 10 loan period, after 5 years, the installment will reduce due to car depreciation and value. When we go rent out a private car, older ones are more cheaper, newer one more expensive, this principle should apply to renting a cab. Even when you go buy car insurance, it is a reverse of personal insurance, as you get older, your car insurance is less, young like below 35yo, paid more due to hot temper and inexperiences, but in personal insurance, as you get older, you paid more. When cab company bought cab at high COE of 90k+, they increase the rental to super high, and when COE drop (open cat) to around +/-70k, they still buy the same cab, at cheaper price, but rental remain high??? because they cannot charge lower as most of the older one bought during last year high COE paid high rental and that will create a substandard, but is that fair to TDs?? When you said (as you use to hear govt and taxi CEO said) taxi cost is high, so we need to charge a higher rental, so when taxi cost is now low, why still the same...and in fact, some went even higher??