Taxi fare Revison?

allulu69 SG

Do anyone think the taxi fare would be revised downward?

some cabbies told me it would be soon as some had started returning their taxis after the fare increase with less business especially during the major holidays.

Mr. Poolman, care to comment. Thanks Smile

FireIce SG

WAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

wait long long ah!

de_middle SG

Laughing

^tamago^ SG

WAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

wait long long ah!

fairlady_xoxo SG

It will never go down...trust me... Laughing but you may keep having futile hopes...its not wrong

ALN SG

More cabbies returning cab? Should be the morning shift cabbies.... If true, then it is just the usual demand and supple adjustments... less commuters and less cabbies. Good for existing cabbies though

Poolman SG

Comfort to revise the fare ?

They dare not ... why ? or their share will dropped like hell .

When they implement such things ... it's to indicate to their shareolders that economy is doing well , taxi making money , they shouldn't be throwing their shares away .....

When they implemenyt such fares , they WILL not revise , very no face u know ? Comfort is World Biggest Taxi Company leh .....

Poolman SG

They have motives ..... they are trimming their human resource . Started from Diesel Kiosk , 2 has closed down , Kaki Bukit and Pandan Road's diesel kiosk .

Then they moved into Call Centre , when basic fare increase , bookings got less ..... more customer-service will lose their job . Their main motives to the call-centre is to be 100% Fully Automated .

Then they will moved into Maintenance , when more quits comfort , maintenance got less , Mechanic loses their jobs . Workshop to be shared , spart parts purchase less ....

Then they will moved into Operations , less operations , meaning less personnel to run the show ....

So in one year time , more will get more Golden Handshakes .

CityCab at Marymount will be sold , to be share into Comfort's @ SinMing .

Service centre at Portsdown will be closed , Braddell outlet will be for buses only .

All will be slim-line , simply everything .

Poolman SG

All because of there'll be a major overhaul in S'pore transport operation system .

Heard that Comfort/Delgro SBS's transit is going to control SMRT buses and taxis very soon ....

With the NEL / Circle line to go back to SMRT .

That's just market's speculations .

So they started by increasing the taxi fare , to make taxi a secondary transport for commuters , they want to get S'poreans and tourists to make full use of their MRTs and buses as their No 1 & No.2 public transport , ahead of taxis .

without manipulating the taxi fare , Circle line will be a flop !!! By the way , Circle very soon will be competed .

Do u know how much the Circle Line cost LTA and SMRT ??? They can't afford to flop !!! They will do everything to make Circle a success , start from playing with taxi-fare .

So do u think they will revise the fare ?

Poolman SG

I am using the word "flop"on Circle Line , because NEL is somehow ..... not a secret la , not doing too well .

They will not let NEL's set-back , to be replay on Circle Line .

They are worried .

Poolman SG

More Comfort cabbies will quit , to SilverCab , or Smart , or TransCab .

Cos this small 3 give good benefits to cabbies .

The strong ones will survive ! ( Ah-Hmm .... )

The weak ones will go !

Poolman SG

In fact .... Comfort & CityCab is too big to rival smaller companies .

Only when they are smaller , then they can talked about rivalling the rest .

Smaller companies has smaller overheads , can afford to give good money for cabbies .

Comfort & CityCab cannot afford , it'll be very painful for them to give equal benefits , because they fleet's is 21,000 , too big .

That's my opinion , i learnt and analysed from the management , when we communicate thru'emails .

Just $1 a day they give to their cabbies .... easily $21,000 per day !

Poolman SG

So .... there could be something we don't know ......

Comfort/Delgro could be merging with SMRT taxis very soon ...... the taxi's fleet is going to be so big , it's very hard for ComfortDelgro to manage , only solution , slim-line the fleet .

Indirectly .... lay-off some cabbies .

Possible ?

Poolman SG

or another possiblity .... ComfortDelgro trying to kill the smaller taxi companies .

They are gambling ....

Hoping that more drivers from the smaller companies quit as well , cos tan bo jiak liao ....

Comfort has been losing far too many drivers to other company .

The gamble is they will also lose drivers .

The first people that will plan to quit , will be those O-M-Os ....

Poolman SG

But surprisingly , my relief day-shift driver not affected leh .... his income quite consistent .

This fare hike only affected night shift drivers .... cos it emphasis solely in City .

Frogleg888 SG

Just read today Shin Ming news,page 6,
One taxi uncle willing to waive 35% peak hour surcharge,cos his business had dropped significantly in pass two weeks.
But according to Taxi company,drivers are not allow to do so.. Sad

FireIce SG

i praise him!

Poolman SG

No point what .... looking at the taxi blue light sign board , lucky not Comfort's cabby , sia sway we all . Mr. Green

ALN SG

wow lan waive 35% surcharge?... brave soul, but stupid solo effort cos no one knows... today the road is quiet again... can see long queues of taxi almost everywhere in town.... luckily i still managed to make my usual sum except that i waited longer and can see less locals take taxi

i think taxi situation may worsen further for drivers... many pax still not very sure about the fare increase... more may cut down... eat grass liao... if this goes on, either drivers will start switching jobs or comfort reduce rent...

sci10109 SG

Whatever the reason, the fare hike is definitely not the solution to the original problem, which is that taxis are always not around during peak hours.

The reason why there are no taxis during peak hours is because the taxi drivers are all hiding and waiting to earn that few dollars more. The real solution should come from the taxi companies and govt to step up regulations and nab the cheats of the roads!!

What use is there to keep increasing fares and passing on the cost to the consumer when its the taxi drivers' fault?!

Am gonna round up my friends and boycott taxis together...