LTA Land Transport Authority force taxi companies and drivers to meet criteria
Taxi operators to ensure more cabs
Friday, Jan 04, 2013 tabla!
SINGAPORE-Taxi operators have issued reminders to their drivers to heed new government rules on making more cabs available on the road.
These standards issued by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) took effect on Jan 1, and require cab companies to put out at least 70 per cent of their fleet during the peak hours of 7am to 11am and 5pm to 11pm.
From 6am to 7am and 11pm to midnight, 65 per cent of each operator's fleet must be on the road.
Operators must also ensure that 70 per cent of their fleets cover a daily average of 250km per cab.
All these targets will go up next year and again in 2015.
