$3 Surcharge cannot solve CBD's taxi woo
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Many ppl think TD make millions with the surcharge. Like a big deal.
In the end, most taken back by the Government.
With ERP charges as high as $3 in many location and in order to reach a booking, we might have to get through more than 1 ERP gate, more often than not, most TD would even have to deduct part of their booking fees for ERP charges.
Plus the fact that during the real "needed" hours, between 5pm to 8pm, jams in CBD areas are jam to the max.
With conditions like this, who in the right frame of mind would take such calls? Nowadays, I rather service the crowd outside or get them to pay for my CBD entrance.
Best time to optimised this surcharge would be after 8 to midnight. Can get the full $3 extra and considerable lesser traffic by then.
The authority should consider leaving Taxis out of the CBD charges if they really want to solve the CBD taxi woo. If more taxi can go in and people can access taxi easily, less private cars would need to go into the CBD this reducing traffice congestion.
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what you suggest, have you ever thought? if everything taxi is special excuse, then everyone dont buy car and rent taxi? then how? CBD earn simi fark?? all the hundred thousand dollars metal posts all have become rusty xmas decorations ah? or how about all the beautiful private car tax?? remember this, you want to earn, others want to earn MORE.
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Dun really understand what u trying to get at. U mean the ERP toll gate exist only for taxi? Without taxi, no more income?
Taxi dun need any special excuses. ERP exist to curb traffice congestion. Taxi are in there to help, not to add to traffic congestion. Why should they be penalised?
ERP exist to curb cars from going in to add to congestion. Is that LTA's intention? to curb taxi from going in?
As for your fear of people using taxi as personal cars, it should be up to the Taxi company to take measures to curb that. If Taxi company thinks just renting to these people more lucrative to make money, then it's up to LTA to handle. Measure like having a mininum daily mileage or taxi meter report might work. Company can also conside sky high rental increase follow be heavy rebates on daily mileage clocked or taxi meter report.
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After 8pm, taxi alone can jam out whole cbd area...
So what u think the situation will be if they let taxi go in free?
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wha lao eh, bing your thinking always very ideal ones. positive is good, but too positive becomes.. you think taxi special excuse go in CBD will help congestion? or you assume? and you say "up to Taxi company to take measures to ...bah bah.." wha you think they eat full so free help you herd goats ah? then you drag in "LTA to handle"..measure this measure that. somemore suggest REBATES!!! this is the ultimate liao. you should thank god, they dont consider INCREASE RENT, still dreaming about discount ah?? you must think friend, the last fare adjustment was four years ago? and only now they did do another major adjustment. why? if everything so simple, why four years and only these 'minor' adjustments? why dont they carry out full scale what you suggested instead? why only these after 4 big years? becos they are not feasible long term.
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If there is no ERP and no cbd surcharge , who the fuck wanna support the financial centre ?
If i hit CCK , then i will Q at Lot-1 , for the same price , why chiong down to Financial Centre ?
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if i hit Tampines , i will Q at AP , the only place with surcharges .
Why come down town ?
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If they take out ERP for taxis ...... many would sign up taxi as private cars .
They scared one .
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CBD surcharge is $3 , because ERP max is $3 .
They are the PAP ...their agenda "make money for the country at the expense of the people ."
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Singapore transport system is cock up big time by COE ......
If take out COE , and find alternatives , will solve many problems .
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Originally posted by Poolman:
CBD surcharge is $3 , because ERP max is $3 .
They are the PAP ...their agenda "make money for the country at the expense of the people ."
Where fot MAX $3? KNN if you heng heng the riverline ERP both on. Tio call from Hitachi Tower to NTUC or OUE you have to U-turn at water boat house tio 2 times. KNN dunno which idiot come out with this riverline thing....
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Think he meant $3 max PER deduction.
U forgot to add another deduction before u even reached there?
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Originally posted by Poolman:
If there is no ERP and no cbd surcharge , who the fuck wanna support the financial centre ?
If i hit CCK , then i will Q at Lot-1 , for the same price , why chiong down to Financial Centre ?
u mean u against removing the ERP for taxis?
u mean u chiong al the way down cos got ERP charges?
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you have a choice to take call or reject, suh topic already brought up many times? So any point talking about it? will there be changes ?Just drive lah want to take call don't complain, that's driving for CDG.
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morning to enter CBD from north , ERP cost is 1 + 4 + 2.5 , total S$7.50 !!!
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Originally posted by Bingjames:
u mean u against removing the ERP for taxis?
u mean u chiong al the way down cos got ERP charges?
CBD surcharges will implemented due to ERP from 5pm to 8pm .
If there is no ERP , there won't be any City surcharge .
If there is no City Surcharge , why support cbd ?
So free ?
It's their way of managing traffic in the city .
But my opinion , taxi cannot follow rate of cars .
It has to be treated as public transport , as in $1 at all time .
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base on current traffic situation , i wouldn't want to imagine city without ERP .
You wouldn't like those jams .
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He has a point. Our commoner pax a bit buey tahan liao... pity some of them also. Those pass gantry ones are normally going to work and back from work.... good la. See how low can they test sinkaporeans threshold. Apparently very low. BJ it won't happen : ) Just sit back and watch Singapore rot.
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If remove ERP for taxis...
all the night shift drivers can kiss good bye to the $3 city surchare liao...
bear in mind... the carrot here is tat ERP onli till 8pm... but city surcharge till mid night..
plus bingjames with all your $8+meter lobangs...
start meter $15.35... already jiak buay liao...
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Originally posted by Khoon2580:
If remove ERP for taxis...
all the night shift drivers can kiss good bye to the $3 city surchare liao...
bear in mind... the carrot here is tat ERP onli till 8pm... but city surcharge till mid night..
plus bingjames with all your $8+meter lobangs...
start meter $15.35... already jiak buay liao...
Simi si ERP? I dont know leh...me only start shift 8pm...so go in no need pay. -
Originally posted by ericgo:
Simi si ERP? I dont know leh...me only start shift 8pm...so go in no need pay.start shift no erp..
end shift erp starts already heading back to base...
shiok hor?
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Originally posted by Poolman:
CBD surcharge is $3 , because ERP max is $3 .
They are the PAP ...their agenda "make money for the country at the expense of the people ."
Gentlemen,
You see the above, these are call Condom.
If you want to truly understand our govt, they are like the above, representing Ministers, MPs, and so on.
Condom in a way is good, they protect you, make you safe from having a child, make you clean and free from any illness.
Our govt also the same, they said to have protected you, make you safe here make you clean and free from many kind of illnesses, but end up, they still screw you.
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walao, cannot tahan ur post....
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Originally posted by Khoon2580:
If remove ERP for taxis...
all the night shift drivers can kiss good bye to the $3 city surchare liao...
bear in mind... the carrot here is tat ERP onli till 8pm... but city surcharge till mid night..
plus bingjames with all your $8+meter lobangs...
start meter $15.35... already jiak buay liao...
From the respones I gather here, the $3 CBD surcharge is just to compensate or reimbursed TD in a limited way after deducting all the ERP charges from them which can ended up usually more than that.
For the earlier part (5 to 8pm), this surcharge may ot be even enough to over the cost of the ERP and drivers still have to endure high traffic and long queue and what takes only 3 mins to get to in other time slot, might takes up to even 5 times to get to the pax.
With this, is it still worth it to enter the CBD zone at this time or as Poolman says, he can easily get the total net worth of his meter reading just queueing at LOT1 cos no ERP deductions.
That's the purpose of my thread cos if this is so, the $3 surcharge the government is "giving" us doesn't work to bring taxi in at that time when it's most needed.
On the other hand, after 8pm, more Taxi are available as no ERP charges by that time and the TD can get the maximum value of that "reward" for coming in. This make it worth the while for coming in.
The current scheme only serve to re-imburse TD, not fully, for the lost, I am thinking a incentive might works better.
Because of my more relax working habit, I used to enter the CBD around 7.30 or 8 but lately because of "money no enough" I start work a little bit earlier and instead of getting motivated by "early bird catches the worms" or higher earning, I really get pissed off by so much ERP charges which in the end, ended up LP-PL.
Now I just ply on the outskirt or wait to find pax to pay for my ERP charges.