Singapore public transport 18th most affordable of 60 cities
surveyed
SINGAPORE: The Republic has been ranked as the 13th most
affordable city in a comparison of urban transport prices in 60
cities by travel search website GoEuro.
In its Urban Transit Price
Index announced on Friday (Oct 31), the website said Singapore has
the 18th most affordable public transport, the 11th most affordable
taxi rides and the 15th cheapest Uber rides. The pricing for the
taxi ride was based on a 10km journey, while for Uber it was based
on the average cost of all available services in the city for a
10km journey. The cost of a single ticket factored into the ranking
for public transport.
For Singapore, the taxi price
was calculated to be US$6.61 (S$8.50), the Uber price was US$11.45
and the public transport fare was US$1.27. The data was obtained
from official provider sites, said GoEuro.
wedish capital Stockholm was
named the most expensive city in the world for urban transport, and
also came in first for Uber at US$48.57. Stockholm's public
transport costs US$4.96 per ride, while its taxis cost US$40.04 for
a 10km ride.
Zurich in Switzerland has the
most expensive taxis in the world, at US$46.26 for a 10km journey,
while London, England, has the most expensive public transport in
the world at US$7.55 per trip.
The cheapest city in the world
is New Delhi, said GoEuro, with the Indian city also ranked most
affordable for public transport at US$0.22 per trip. Another city
in India, Mumbai, had the cheapest taxis at US$2.32 for 10km, while
Jakarta, Indonesia, has the cheapest rides on Uber at US$3.77 for a
10km journey.
