Singapore Taxi Fare

I am in Beijing right now...
the Beijing government has just decreased the public transportation fare for the mass. In fact, it is the government subsidy to help reduce the traffic load using private cars.
for buses, you can take a bus as low as 0.40 RMB which like 0.08 SGD or 0.06 USD for sometimes more than 10 kilometer's journey...

if you do not use the tap card, you might have to pay sometimes 10-15 times more by cash.
of course, it is still much cheaper than the cab fare in Beijing.

As for the subway/MRT metro system, it's 2 RMB entrance fee... you can get in wherever you want and stay inside as long as you want and go to whichever station you need to. that's 0.40 SGD or 0.30 USD for taking the subway... WOW!!!

even you take taxi/cab in Beijing, it is still pretty cheap, compared to you taking buses and MRT in Singapore or the US.
the starting fare is 10 RMB with free 3km travel. within 15 km, it's 2 RMB per km. more than 15 km, it's 3 RMB per km. Every 5 minute waiting time will charge you 1 RMB.

If you travel 10km, it costs you about 30 RMB. that's only about 6 SGD and 4 USD.

GOSH!!! it's relatively cheap here right? yes.... TO YOU!

but it is not really cheap to the lots of locals, they do not earn that much money.
see what you can do with 30 RMB...
by bus, 0.40 RMB per trip ... you can get about 75 bus rides (a months' travel)
if you take train, you can have 15 subway trips - a week's travel (to work and back home)

let us now look at what a person mentioned about the Singapore taxi fare

"Please take note that Comfort taxi will adjust its fares from 17 Dec (Mon)
> > and SMRT taxi will be adjusting its fares from 24 Dec (Mon). The fare
> > hikes is around 10 - 40% Prime taxi will not be adjusting their fares for
> > the next 3 months, so let's just take Prime, else we'll take the train.
> >
> > Currently Comfort is saying that the fare hikes are for the cabbies, blah
> > blah blah, but let's just see, a few more months down the road, they'll
> > definitely increase the rental for cabbies.. bloody blood-sucking
> > soul-less corporations!!
> >
> >
> >
> > A brief breakdown of the fare increase:
> >
> > - Starting fare would increase by $0.30 to $2.80. Please note that $2.80
> > is for normal cabs only, for the premium cabs like Mercedes and such, the
> > starting fare will be adjusted accordingly
> >
> > - City Area Surcharge would increase to $3, and it will be charged from
> > Mon - Sat, 5pm - midnight
> >
> > - Midnight Surcharge would revert back to 50% after midnight instead of
> > the current staggered timing.
> >
> > - Peak Hour Surcharge would be 35% of the fares instead of the current $2.
> > It will be charged from Mon - Fri : 7am - 9.30am; Mon - Sat : 5pm - 8pm
> >
> > - Metre rates would increase also 2 times, every increase would be $0.20
> > cents instead of the current $0.10
> >
> > - Booking fees would be decreased to $3.50 for Prime times and $2.50 for
> > Non-Prime times
> >
> >
> >
> > Just an illustration, the distance from my place to the office is around
> > 15km, currently if I book a cab to get home at 7pm, I would have to pay
> > around $17.80:
> >
> >
> >
> > Booking fees: $4
> >
> > Starting fare : $2.50 (first km)
> >
> > First 10km : $4.80
> >
> > Next 4km : $2.30
> >
> > Waiting time : $1.20 (average 5 min)
> >
> > Peak Hour : $2.00
> >
> > City surcharge : $1
> >
> >
> >
> > Under the new fare structure, for the same distance, I would have to pay
> > around $22.50, that is almost 30% increase over the current fares.
> >
> >
> >
> > Booking fees : $3.50
> >
> > Starting fare : $2.80 (first km)
> >
> > First 10km : $5.20
> >
> > Next 4km : $2.40
> >
> > Waiting time : $1.40 (average 5 min)
> >
> > Peak Hour : $4.20 (35% of $11.80)
> >
> > City surcharge : $3"

Mi-ahn Hamida!

I'll not take taxi when i go back to Singapore from the airport to NUS... I'll take the MRT.. no choice. it looks like it is really killing people now... increased by 30% +
anyway... taxi pool will becomes more popular.. good luck to my friends who are working on it..
great opportunity!