Will increasing surcharges kill off demand for metered taxis? | Deep Dive Podcast

[@LonganLee]

Is Walter a government employee? If so, we know he is honest 👀

[@gmr2gnr]

Walter is known to be a government mouth piece

[@LonganLee]

@@gmr2gnr is he married or happily single? Walter is a manly name👀

[@LonganLee]

@@gmr2gnr does mouth piece mean one-sided? If so, is it a form of honesty?

[@arsenal_84]

He is predominantly pro PAP so any transport issues, you will definitely see him on TV or CNA.

[@kelvinlawrence1]

With rising cost in every field it will be practical to introduce midnight charge for PHV and far away location like zoo, Tuas, Changi etc This will sustain drivers in the long run and encourage more to serve in this field

[@SK-ps2ps]

Thank you for the quality speakers you guys engage for the podcast! It’s especially enlightening when we hear people share objective views of the situations we’re in.

[@chriskoi01]

Most times we book rides via app as no choice. Most times, no way to flag down a cab on the road (none available these days) even taxi stands can be empty. Right now, hailed cars during peak can be double the price of metered taxi. So even taxi drivers would switch to taking calls via apps (who wouldn’t). So even if we give up our cars, the hailed car service is so expensive (with fluctuating fares) without metered taxis, hailed car prices likely spike a lot more. Someone has to ‘foot the bill’. 😢

[@jmgtan124]

Booking ride hailing is a pain. Sometimes too tired to play games with errant PHV drivers.

[@stargazeronesixseven]

😮🙏 Yes , it is wiser to have other metered taxi or other e-hailing companies around , just in case one of these e-hailing company's servers are down & healthy competition helped to maintain service quality & keep the prices reasonable! 🙏🕯🌍✌🕊

[@kelvinyeo2047]

We need taxi to keep the hail ride charges competitive. If no taxi, it will be like no more hdb, bench mark charges

[@ss.1642]

People are booking because there’s no choice. There are no taxis available.

[@txsics3916]

Our Grab and Taxis can be so dirty or driven by not so pleasant drivers. How are they a premium service. Many of our trains, on the other hand, have fantastic air conditions and are clean.

[@LonganLee]

For me it's not about whether taxis stay or not but what my boss tells me to do🤣🤣🤣

[@duckyduck4943]

yes. is nice when we can change our route and these guys are very good when it comes to short cuts

[@roboticsforfun5000]

I like metered fare. I try to get taxi when I can.

[@___Danny___]

but their fare and surcharge is too much now

[@arsenal_84]

But the taxi are not stopping at the road side for pick up passengers now.

[@roboticsforfun5000]

@@arsenal_84 I go to the taxi stand when I can.

[@gweejiahan9336]

15:29 Private hire Apps has become the problem it sought to solve. Now a lot of drivers are on all the Apps and they choose to drive during peak hours only and choose jobs which pays the most.

[@LittlePanda888]

Well..demand and supply. To me, thats why taxis with metered fares are impt.

[@danlee8640]

if you are a salaried employee, don't you also go look for the higher pay available in the market?

[@tamachan1987]

The last few times I hail a taxi, I was asking the uncle where is it going, it used to be WHERE I PAID TO GO....

[@JeffDayz]

I like to book normal taxis, be it metered or fixed fares from zig :) At least the commissions they take from drivers is lower at 7%, compared to grab which is 20%+!

[@arsenal_84]

Thing is the taxi drivers prefer the other apps like grab than zig.

[@JeffDayz]

@@arsenal_84 From my experience with taxi drivers, they told me they prefer to take bookings from zig as the commission that's being charged is lower ( metered fare :$0.70/ flat fare :7%) as compared to grab's 15%-20% commission charge

[@williamloh4360]

Whether is taxi, grab or any other hailing Cos shld have a max age cap. The max age cap to be reviewed.

[@okw100]

Would love to hear an ep on automated driving in sg :)

[@tiggerho]

Surge pricing should be regulated or removed, or at the minimum be transparent with how it works and a ceiling should be applied. During higher demand periods, the platform or app can allow the user to put in extra “tips” to incentivise drivers to pick up the fare

[@limhengleong7020]

Haha problem is no passenger will pay that extra tips even if drivers take their low fares trips, the best they do is say thanks for picking me up. Fares are low, expenses goes up then cannot blame drivers for choosing jobs.

[@domidomi917]

Another comment I don't see is the benefit of flag down and metered fare taxis having the choice to pick who you are comfortable with. A common use case for that is at night when clubbers or drinkers are getting home via taxi as trains and buses have ended service. The driver can choose to reject a drunken customer but that is not possible via an app as the booking has been made

[@jeremyerh1]

Taxi should be purely run on meter and phv run on app But now taxi are taking phv job and meter taxi are getting lesser

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

The RENTAL for taxis are too high which OFFSETS whatever surcharges or perceived“incentives” there are for Taxi drivers..

[@maxcava19]

And the irony taxi drivers do choose when seeing luggages at airport and wave to cancel. Taxi indeed is more of a tourist or elderly services. Most will be ride hailing. If only on super urgency the flagging a taxi is just the last resort. Can’t recalled last i took a taxi, but it usually on super urgent that needed a flag

[@Glance852]

Tourists have no idea about these automatic charges until paying the fees in cash and at times leaving us in a pickle cause the lack of available cash. Until now I have no clue what’s going on. The charge is for gas emission or for the traffic? I don’t really see traffic much in Singapore. So what’s the charge for if cars are EVs

[@wf645]

Such additional charges are stated in the fare decal shown at the window and in the car too.

[@Autonomous4kpsf]

With the new TMP onboard the fares will increase for INDIA by at least 92 percent. For China will decrease by 8 percent to welcome more Chinese visitors.

[@___Danny___]

keep meter taxi going.

[@LonganLee]

If $3 surcharge is one time is ok, why not $5?

[@lowkh76]

Phv by lta definition is not a public transport

[@nicklee7002]

Metered fare means taxi drivers likely would take the longest route or give you a joy ride; tourist beware.

[@Autonomous4kpsf]

Why need to pay so high fees ? The PAP previous TMP did not put in afford to review charges n charge for huge corruption. Worse 😔 got many PAP MP PM SM support. So you can see the different in new MP n PM onboard.

[@andytoh-toh6488]

Tanamaera ferry terminal is very hard to get ride hailing and taxi. Nobody wants to go out of the way.

[@user-vc6ci4ww2w]

Who says taxi drivers don't pay commission, taxi drivers absorbs the GST that company has to pay the government on top of the commission, do your homework, whether ride hailing drivers or😢 taxi drivers, we pay commission and the GST, but the multi million companies, when they receive GST rebates of the government, do they return the fair bit to the drivers, check all facts, just don't sit down and do comparisons 🙏

[@kongthai..]

Don't worry people. There is 0.2% employed in taxis. The labour can be redeployed. 1. Remote Autonomous vehicle monitoring. 2. Luxury limousine driver. 3. Private tourist guide. 4. Tow truck Autonomous vehicle rescue. 5. Cooperative Autonomous vehicles operator. Just an upgrade. (Don't let left winger, street agitate and create ignorance) 😂❤

[@arcencielc2065]

Imagine your father/mother, spouse or yourself is a taxi driver. Put yourself in their shoes. Thanks.

[@chzesiangkwa549]

ok done.

[@LonganLee]

Is Walter married to a beautiful woman?😅

[@kengleetan63]

There is a noticable lesser in demand for taxi, since the increase in fare. It shows that the demand for metered fare was in high demand before the increase as those PHV were too costly.

[@user-pm5qq2kx9r]

I drove 1 single trip from Upper serangoon Road going thru KPE N PIE, to Corporation road then to Jurong West....then top up petrol, which cost me max $7 only, so ya sorry, metered reading is really way over priced.... If i were to take a metered reading cab, it'll cost me about $25.....

[@miklee4834]

O my goodness. Who is this guy?

[@Autonomous4kpsf]

China taxi charge only 1/3 without driver

[@dennistan4663]

Take public transport or walk.😅😅😅

[@jtl2268]

Raining. Fare high. Definitely fair because it's very stressful driving in the rain.

[@yingguo3210]

people always talk so much ! GRAB monopolise the mkt which everyone KNOWS is unhealthy and look at all the complaints YES we know bcos its all around and legit WE WANT THE METRE CAB BACK!!! without rubbish booking fee (alike overseas except stopd aussie) to hell with non-state-owned monopoly

[@stingray9225]

When i see this so called professor, i switched off and changed channel

[@cosmostrek2001]

yes i am taking a scooter.

[@FireFoxGaming56]

😂😂😂😂

[@hengcheonglow5791]

Why Taxi drivers die in their cars so much recently? High living expenses demand longer hours on roads.

[@wf645]

So much ? Like how many ? Give facts instead of misrepresenting ! Else you are spreading Fake information !

[@hengcheonglow5791]

@@wf645 although I was upset by your question I do have answer for you, Singapore drivers to died in their car while resting one also took many.

[@wf645]

@@hengcheonglow5791 Your statement just reflects how you are gaslighting the matter. You say many, but clearly is NOT able to provide a statistic to the matter. Fact is, drivers ALL over the world, some of them dies while resting or driving in their car. Its NOT uniquely Singapore only ...

[@wf645]

​@@hengcheonglow5791 Same question back, state facts and figures ! Your statement is full of gaslighting. Drivers all over, some will die while resting etc for various reasons.

[@hengcheonglow5791]

@@wf645 kindly report me to Singapore authorities and I willing fully corporate I'm sure a few cases within this 3 years and LTA simply need to face this issue.

[@philippelee5720]

Relax Sgrean rich can afford

[@nlee6495]

taxi in Singapore is one of the WORST. so many different charges, the taxi driver choose passenger or where they wanna to go and to make it even worst, most of them just wait at the street and wait online call or grabs etc, rather than just drive in the street, to look for passenger. Hotels and big shopping malls shall prepare taxi stands for the sake of the visitors. Car rental in Singapore is also very bias, not welcoming foreign visitors as one of the requirement is to have a local driving licence or local address, which foreigners dont have. Singapore shall follow international practices.

[@CalvinK-the_old_fogey]

Which countries or cities are you making the comparison? In my experience, only Japan taxi service is better than SG.

[@zhikaizhang1924]

Taxi will die off slowly. Nowadays I take grab, becos the taxi got many pattern. Only drive to certain place and etc. Grab don’t have such drama. However, grab have it own issue. Sometimes at certain place the waiting points are confusing. Example north point. Both waiting point at so near uob.

[@anziar3038]

S'poreans are very rich indeed. Many thanks to the PAP govt for bringing them wealth by means of stable and high-paying jobs in a safe and secure environment.❤❤

[@steventay5834]

I disagree. We are not rich

[@isaacng315]

Look at Taipei, I could survive without cabs with their extensive train and buses for the entire trip. To lower cost of living, some would reduce transport budget, non public transport is rather too expensive and unnecessary in Singapore or other metropolitan cities, like Taipei.

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

Cars are “unnecessary” for YOU but not necessarily “unnecessary” for others!

[@Thekidisalright]

You can do the same in Singapore, I never take taxi or use private hire for more than 3 years and never see the need to, our MRT and buses are reliable and gets to everywhere I have to no matter how far that is. Private hire and taxis are luxuries for those want private space or those with poor time management or special needs.