On 17th March 2017, SMRT Taxis announced that they had signed an exclusive partnership with Grab, the leading ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia. Both SMRT Taxis and Grab offer dynamic fixed fares via a new Grab service that I would be sharing in another article post.<\/p>\n
Here are some key information and details from the SMRT Taxis announcement of their exclusive partnership with Grab –<\/p>\n
Mr Tony Heng, Managing Director for SMRT Taxis and Private Hire Services said: \u201cThe market has evolved and matured significantly, and more customers are now open to having dynamic fixed fares for their taxi rides.<\/strong><\/span> This partnership with Grab allows us to keep the pricing for our services competitive, catering to different customer needs and preferences. In addition to our SMRT Taxi booking app and hotline, Grab\u2019s platform will expand our taxi hirers\u2019 access to meeting customer demands.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Melvin Vu, Head of GrabTaxi Singapore said: \u201cGrab has been engaging the authorities since December on implementing dynamic fixed fares for taxis, and we are glad that they have given the green light. The current taxi fare model does not account for real-time passenger demand and driver supply, which often means that passengers pay a surcharge even when there are many available taxis within the vicinity. Dynamic fixed fares ensure that taxis are better utilised throughout the day and passengers enjoy more affordable rides based on real-time market demands, while not eliminating metered fares.<\/strong><\/span> We look forward to working with SMRT Taxis and our partnering operators to start bringing the benefits of dynamic fixed fares to the community soon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n *Information courtesy of SMRT Taxis and Grab Southeast Asia*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On 17th March 2017, SMRT Taxis announced that they had signed an exclusive partnership with Grab, the leading ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia. Both SMRT Taxis and Grab offer dynamic fixed fares via a new Grab service that I would be sharing in another article post. Here are some key information and details from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10,15,24,13,25,7,12,1,274],"tags":[102,1343,1348,2238,95,1346,1690,2236,1689,37,1352,38,1345,627,1381,33,1339,2239,2240,2103,29,134,2237,1355,110,2241],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n