Get ready to pay more on Comfort Delgro
taxis
Get ready to pay more when you hop into a Comfort or CityCab
taxi next week.
Passengers will have to pay a 30 cent diesel surcharge on all
rides from Thursday onwards.
That's because global oil prices have more than doubled in the
last 12 months and are currently trading at an all time high.
Comfort Delgro says, this new surcharge will help taxi drivers
counter the hike in diesel prices.
It adds, assuming a cabbie makes about 30 trips a day, the
surcharge will increase his or her daily takings by about nine
dollars in all.
Many regular taxi users are not pleased with this fare hike.
"This surcharge is not a good idea because transport fees in
Singapore is already so high, no one is going to take taxis
anymore. And it's not good for the company, it's not good for
us either because not a lot of Singaporeans are earning a lot of
pay. For myself, I can easily in one week spend 20 dollars on
public transport. One week! Being a student, imagine
20 dollars a week, that accumulates to 60, 80 dollars?
And that's really unaffordable for me."
"While I understand that with inflation and everything,
prices are bound to increase but I think it's a bit much to
take at one go because it wasn't too long ago that taxi fares went
up and then now they're introducing more gantries and then now
they're going to have the diesel surcharge. So, I think it's
all coming at one time and it's a little bit much for
commuters."
Other taxi companies may also be imposing a similar surcharge in
the future.
For one, SMRT Taxis says, in the face of rising diesel costs,
they are looking at options, including the possibility of a fuel
surcharge.
Prime taxis says, it's currently gathering feedback from its
cabbies about a possible surcharge.
It will come to a decision in about a week's time. -938Live