First day of taxi fare increase

Poolman SG

Not too bad , not much negative impact .

CBD area and town area , in time to come , still need to call for a cab .

Not much complaint from commuters to me .

Still received tipping as usual .

Taking long distance trip is punishing for commuters .

So people staying Woodlands , Yishun and Sembawang , take note , better take a bus or MRT , taxi fare is about $2.00 more expensive than before .

Also Sengkang and Punggol side .....

Impact not so much when taking shorter distance . Just about 70cents increase for a $5.00 trip .

Anyway , thank you Singapore for your support to taxi services !

Poolman SG

To be precise , overall it's about 18% increase from the previous meter charge .

Like $10 trip , you are going to pay $11.80 now .

Easy calculation .

^tamago^ SG

tml i going woodlands from shenton way, think have to give comfort a miss....

but for this week nia la, next week practically all same same liao.... Crying or Very sad

Poolman SG

Ya lor , but can take the Smart one la , they haven't announce any increase yet .

But wondering , how you chose taxi inside the taxi-stand ? If the front taxi is Comfort , push the one behind you to take comfort ?

Buay ma-lu meh ?

Or you call for one non-comfort-delgro ones ?

heard the Smart taxi call-centre not really smart , damn teruk one , true or not ? before the increase already bad , now with a higher demand for their taxi , sure even more bad .

good luck to u , hope to see u next week ! Wink

^tamago^ SG

dun worry, i taking at 7am, no need rush taxi stand. rushing to KL, need to piah to kranji mrt. inside take cab again, get to senai by 8.45am. it may seem puzzling why i need to rush when it's not far, it's cos JB morning traffic can be terrible.... Embarassed

but the taxi stand issue hor, is just take lor. bo bian is bo bian. tahan one more week also all the same liao... the 2 companies population too small, so won't be bothered to wait for them liao...

105090 SG

18% really quite significant... esp midnite fare Neutral

but then, that dollar or 2 increase, most people wont feel the pinch Mad

Princess livia SG

now go up taxi how much arz??? Rolling Eyes

aRcTiC_sTaR SG

$2.50 for normal cabs and $2.60 for Mercs cabs IIRC.