Won't be easy to find a Comfort/Citycab taxi willing to do
this job. SCGS is notorious for it's traffic jams around 6.45 to
7.15am. Assuming you'll want your child to be dropped off inside
the school compound, getting in already takes 10mins. Getting out
another 10. During this time driver cannot accept any booking cos
there is no way he can make it to the pickup point anywhere in the
vicinity within 20mins. So it means about 30mins empty.
(30mins during peak hours roughly equates $20 collection)
Bookings in the area coming like crazy, but can see cannot eat.
I have a semi-regular customer. Not so bad (Nayang Girls High at
Linden Dr), by the time alight around 6.45am. As Pool says, hard to
do charity, I'm paid almost double of meter +
booking to do this job. Didn't ask for it, but was offered
this amount as the customer understood the traffic situation around
this area at this time. This amount roughly compensates my
opportunity cost. Obviously must provide tip top service. I
would already be on scheme B prior to picking her up cos once meter
cleared, bookings fly in non-stop. But mostly can see cannot
eat. The traffic lights at Dunearn/Adam/Farrer junction requires at
least 5-7 mins to clear. No way to accept any booking unless it's
on the way like Adam Park or College Green. The other side like
King's/Queen's/Coronation/Duchess is almost impossible to reach
within 10-12mins. If all bookings cannot accept, then either turn
left to Adam which leads to nowhere or turn right to Farrer which
leads to more jams. Going straight is usually not a bright idea as
it leads to SCGS! Basically it's around 20-30mins without a
customer if I send pax to schools in this area in the mornings. As
peak hour kicks in at 7am, heartbreak hotel if stuck in there.
If not on scheme B, in less than 1 min 3 bookings rejected and
placed on scheme B for 1 hour. Then really no calls once out of
this area. At least if on scheme B, I can switch back to scheme A
once out of this area.
Wish you luck finding a cab.