Cheaper TEKS1M by year-end, says SPAD
Teksi 1Malaysia (TEKS1M) fare rates will be reduced by year-end to encourage more people to use the service.
Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said today the commission is finalising a study to make the gold-brown taxis more popular.
It is also considering a new sedan-type car for TEKS1M other than the MPV-type vehicles," he said.
"We will standardise the fare rates between TEKS1M and budget taxis. Hopefully, we can announce it in a month or two," he told theSun.
Syed Hamid said when TEKS1M was introduced two years ago, SPAD had envisioned that it would lift the image of the taxi industry by providing better ride comfort and better quality drivers.
However, many cabbies were not keen to migrate to TEKS1M due to the vehicles' higher cost while the public preferred to use the cheaper budget taxis.
For Klang Valley and Johor Baru, the current flagfall rate for TEKS1M is RM4 with 30 sen for every 200m, while the budget taxi rate is 25 sen for every 200m with the flagfall fare set at RM3.
It also includes time-based charge of 30 sen for every 36 seconds for TEKS1M while the budget taxi is 25 sen for every 36 seconds.
Based on the current fare rate, for a 10km ride (based on distance rate), TEKS1M would clock RM17.50 while budget taxi would cost RM14.25.
~News courtesy of The Sun~
Teksi 1Malaysia (TEKS1M) fare rates will be reduced by year-end to encourage more people to use the service.
Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said today the commission is finalising a study to make the gold-brown taxis more popular.
It is also considering a new sedan-type car for TEKS1M other than the MPV-type vehicles," he said.
"We will standardise the fare rates between TEKS1M and budget taxis. Hopefully, we can announce it in a month or two," he told theSun.
Syed Hamid said when TEKS1M was introduced two years ago, SPAD had envisioned that it would lift the image of the taxi industry by providing better ride comfort and better quality drivers.
However, many cabbies were not keen to migrate to TEKS1M due to the vehicles' higher cost while the public preferred to use the cheaper budget taxis.
For Klang Valley and Johor Baru, the current flagfall rate for TEKS1M is RM4 with 30 sen for every 200m, while the budget taxi rate is 25 sen for every 200m with the flagfall fare set at RM3.
It also includes time-based charge of 30 sen for every 36 seconds for TEKS1M while the budget taxi is 25 sen for every 36 seconds.
Based on the current fare rate, for a 10km ride (based on distance rate), TEKS1M would clock RM17.50 while budget taxi would cost RM14.25.
~News courtesy of The Sun~
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