Improving Taxi Service in Singapore
One of the hottest topics in Singapore recently is the increases in transport fees and while that of the public buses and MRT is in the processing of getting, almost confirmed actually, approval, that of our "deregulated" taxi fares have already gone up. The justification for this round of increases is that of the raise in diesel prices and commuters are asked to help taxi drivers shoulder the burden of the higher costs. One glaring issue that the taxi companies had been intentionally quiet on is that taxi rentals, the most direct cost, has not been decreased despite the prices of Certificate of Entitlement (COE) dropping to multi-year lows and car prices trending lower every year. Many consumers do question the logic of price increases when there had not been noticeable improvements in the quality of taxi services. How can taxi drivers increase their income when taxi companies are not adequately taking care of their drivers and consumers are not willing to pay more for what