[News] LTA relooking rules for taxis
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No more white taxis ? All black like Chrysler ?
Singapore all standard colours ?
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Roof top ?
Maybe they saying no more those blue lights roof top like those from yellow top and smart taxis .
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Just more knowledge ...
Singapore every 5200 taxis for 1m people .
That's a data we odd to know .
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Now they realized other public transport not matured enough , cars too expensive .....
Commuters do not have alternatives ?
Rubbish talk , MRT not good enough ?
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Another rubbish point : Shortage of Career cabbies as a reason for so few taxis being available despite a big pool of cabs .
Are they sure ?
Comfort big pool of cabs , long Q of applicants .
TransCab big pool of resignations recently , due to government's implementation of CNG taxes of $0.20 per kg .
Only if Government do not impose so high CNG taxes , i wouldn't be so happy , hahahahaha
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career cabbies ?
foreigner ?
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One standard taxi uniform colour ?
That is something to think about ...... but how to distinguish if i wanna pay by e-voucher of Comfort ?
Ar , kena snook again ?
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then e-voucher "MUST" call . . like that can .
e-vouchers and cab charge cannot take at taxi stand , unless ask one by one taxi stand " U Comfort ?"
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All uniform , Cashless also must be uniform inorder to achieve their objectives .
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The best is Singapore Taxis all Pure White .
Limousine all Black .
Like that simple .......
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Taxi although comes in different color and type
It is distinguishable from other vehicles on the road
where is the confusion???
full of crap
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Remove or reduce booking fees?? Is that a bad joke or wad? Meter fare for advance bookings? Which TD will commit ? Lol
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Transport Researcher (Prof) from University suggest Remove/reduce Booking Fees and Surcharges. Where is his ideas coming from?
If he heads the LTA review, wah lan oui, TD brothers die cock stand.
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what else can LTA come out? Those problem they listed, they are "fines" with it. Those already got "fines", they will impose more "fines" i know this will happen when Fares Hike announce, LTA will want a share of it. Who think LTA will spend money to improve those "hot" area Taxi Stand, to cut short waiting/queuing time for commuter and Taxi Driver. And this is Service Standard. Who think LTA will allow Taxi to use bus lane and bus stop, for the convenience of commuter and faster travelling time. This is also Service Standard Who think LTA will provide a GPS for all Taxi, this will reduce all dispute on route preference. Again, this is Service Standard But all this Service Standard will not generate money for them but instead got to spend money, what are the chances?
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what else can LTA come out? Those problem they listed, they are "fines" with it. Those already got "fines", they will impose more "fines" i know this will happen when Fares Hike announce, LTA will want a share of it. Who think LTA will spend money to improve those "hot" area Taxi Stand, to cut short waiting/queuing time for commuter and Taxi Driver. And this is Service Standard. Who think LTA will allow Taxi to use bus lane and bus stop, for the convenience of commuter and faster travelling time. This is also Service Standard Who think LTA will provide a GPS for all Taxi, this will reduce all dispute on route preference. Again, this is Service Standard But all this Service Standard will not generate money for them but instead got to spend money, what are the chances?
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LTA TCSS again.Some places or routes that SBS & SMRT buses also don"t want to ply,do u expect u can get a taxi easily in these places?These people JIAK LIAO BEE.
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My crystal ball tells me the easiest way out of this mess is the following.
1. Transition to a system whereby LTA specifies what a taxi and limousine should be - namely the colour and the roof top sign. LTA will continue deciding on the new fare structure.
2. Introduce a new taxi COE. Yes pay for the right to own a cab. Allow exisiting cars to be re-purposed as a taxi, but limited only to citizens.
3. Get CDG to lease out their MDT, fare meter and receipt printer.
4. Existing cabs just run as per normal but slowly transition to this new system.
5. Slowly retire the old taxis, so effectively CDG, SMRT, Transcab become a call centre cum car workshop. Let these different entitites merge in a few years time, so effectively getting a taxi operator license is about managing a successful call centre, and doing maintenance of taxis owned by cabbies, so commuters can be assured that they are paying for a ride on a well maintained taxi.
6. Make it compulsory for taxis leasing MDT from say CDG to have their taxis serviced by the respective companies such as CDG. This is to ensure accountability.
7. Specify minimum working hours for cars being re-purposed as taxis, so people do not abuse the system, and so that commuters needs can be met.
My proposal is a win-win scenario for all parties, and will result in a reduced vehicle population.
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My two balls tell me, LTA scholars are too proud to listen to our feedback, they rather make a wrong decision, end up with cock up system than to listen to you, getting sack or approved resignation is one way of getting out of their scholarship bonds.
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"1. Transition to a system whereby LTA specifies what a taxi and limousine should be - namely the colour and the roof top sign. LTA will continue deciding on the new fare structure."
If LTA decide on new fare structure , they will kena upside down from commuters everyday once again , by phone complaint , by emails , by on the counter apporach .
Now they washed hand off from everything , shiok mah .
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"2. Introduce a new taxi COE. Yes pay for the right to own a cab. Allow exisiting cars to be re-purposed as a taxi, but limited only to citizens."
They make less from cars and taxis ? U think they will ever do that ? $0.20 per kg also they want to make , what u think COE ?
Own taxis can be a dream only , unless no PAP in Singapore , taxi companies lease taxis to cabbies , and sit there earning 7% GST easy easy .... Go do your math ... everyday 25000 taxi paid almost averagely $7 for them ....
That's a cool $175,000 daily , $5.4m in GST from taxis monthly .
U think that will happen ?
No possible if 60.1% of Singapore voted for PAP .
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Existing cars to use as taxis ?
Hahahahah dreaming lar .....
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"3. Get CDG to lease out their MDT, fare meter and receipt printer."
U must be kidding . . .
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Originally posted by f1taxidriver:
My crystal ball tells me the easiest way out of this mess is the following.
1. Transition to a system whereby LTA specifies what a taxi and limousine should be - namely the colour and the roof top sign. LTA will continue deciding on the new fare structure.
2. Introduce a new taxi COE. Yes pay for the right to own a cab. Allow exisiting cars to be re-purposed as a taxi, but limited only to citizens.
3. Get CDG to lease out their MDT, fare meter and receipt printer.
4. Existing cabs just run as per normal but slowly transition to this new system.
5. Slowly retire the old taxis, so effectively CDG, SMRT, Transcab become a call centre cum car workshop. Let these different entitites merge in a few years time, so effectively getting a taxi operator license is about managing a successful call centre, and doing maintenance of taxis owned by cabbies, so commuters can be assured that they are paying for a ride on a well maintained taxi.
6. Make it compulsory for taxis leasing MDT from say CDG to have their taxis serviced by the respective companies such as CDG. This is to ensure accountability.
7. Specify minimum working hours for cars being re-purposed as taxis, so people do not abuse the system, and so that commuters needs can be met.
My proposal is a win-win scenario for all parties, and will result in a reduced vehicle population.
bro they wun let us own the taxi 1 ............ $$ spinner for them leh......
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"7. Specify minimum working hours for cars being re-purposed as taxis, so people do not abuse the system, and so that commuters needs can be met."
1 abusing it , just 1 , will create enough problems .