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SINGAPORE: The Taxi Operators' Associations (TOA) has called ComfortDelGro's latest cab fare review as "fair and timely".
TOA also urged other taxi operators to do the same soon, in light of escalating fuel prices and higher GST.
But not all taxi drivers think the revisions will substantially help offset rising operating costs.
Some commuters also say the new $3 CBD surcharge and ERP rebates will not be a major motivation for more cabs to hit the city area.
"If the customer wants to go, I have no choice. For my own, I won't go," said a taxi driver.
"The fuel (price) goes up, how can you earn more? You cannot earn more," said another.
"If we go into the CBD without passengers, we have to pay at least $1 or $1.50, depending on the time. If there's $3 for the passenger to pay, it's all right," said a third cabby.
"$3 is not that much...By the time they drive into the city, they could have picked up a passenger along the way....(they could have earned) more than $3," said a commuter. - CNA/ir
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