Opinion - What will taxi industry be
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once all MRT line is up?
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I believed most of the old birds went thru various stages/changes that affect (whether good or bad) the taxi industry...
Therefore, would like to have your opinions on this topic..
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Then paxs will be different types disabled, old, those in a hurry (u then can't say u try ur best to drv fast but guarantee can reach there on time or else they're not boarding), those who want privacy eg. Geylang GROs, tourists
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Everytime a MRT line start to function, we TD will kong wu kong bo about affecting our business, but in reality, from centre line to whatever line that had operated, do you sincerely feel a reduction in pax and your income? As singapore expand it heartland and population, it must provide good infrastructure to support it, infrastructure such as transport, hospital, school and housing must be present before doing any structure changes to the population and the society as a whole, and for that matter, Singapore govt failed in it miserably. It is like making a cake, with all the dough, flour, cream and ingredients ready, but forget that there is no oven or that the oven is too small. We therefore is experiencing a sudden kanchiong move by the govt to built housing and transportation at all cost, lot so construction going on, but does it affect our Taxi business? By right yes, but by left, it is only dispersing the current crowded MRT during peak period, what you might experience when all mrt is up will be people asking your to this station and that station. So, the challenge for TD here is not MRT, the challenge is private transportation company like Uber and grabcar that is going to affect our business, and for a start, these companies' drivers do not even need to take taxi lesson...
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Not in terms of earnings or types of pax opinion only.
What I'm referring is what type of standard will it be for the taxi industry?
Will it become smaller in terms of fleet size? Will it raise the standard bars in selecting the drivers? Will it become a luxury for paxs to take taxi? Will the taxi standard become the level of other 1st world country?
The changes will definately come (like it or not) and they (MRT) are there in the long run, but how can we cope and/or make changes to adapt to the needs
Private transportation (IMHO) like Uber might not really affect the taxi industry unless their fleet size exceeds the taxi companies size.
I was asked this question last night.
My opinion: Taxi is and will be there to stay regardless of what is being built.
But I believed when the older generation TD is replaced by the younger generation due to retirement.They might raised the standards of TD which is comparable to other 1st world country standard (including the fare hopefully)
just my opinion...
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Raising of standard goes with generation, like my time, I was the most saki even I only have sex 2 education, most driver are not even primary school educated, but as our population and even the world get more educated, the standard need to be adjust, but frankly in my opinon, do you really need a O level to drive a taxi in Singapore? Do you chicken farm in defu need driver with O level or driver with brain? If you compare yesteryears diploma graduate and today graduate, tho both are diploma, but there is alot of standard different, because today getting a diploma is like getting a N level, in yesteryear, a diploma is consider very talented people, but today ah neh, ah pinoy also can go in even without a O level...as such, our govt are tarnishing our education intergrity. Today youngs are also known as the pampered generation, why, because most of their parents are ok and earning well, so this pampered generation tends to see think differently from us, wake up already got bf ready, just work and wait for parents CPF and houses, most are over weight and never suffer a hungry stomach for days. Uber or grabcar might not affect us much,
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However, in comparison with MRT lines, Uber and those private companies do affect us more as they are direct competitor, and more often than not, these companies need to grow, make profit so as to gather more fund and shareholders, funds pouring in must return at a certain interest of gain.
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Still the same.....
Start engine, pax on board, collect fare, pax alight.....
Next.....
Off engine, count money.....
Receive phone call....
"Siao ah! Rental 10 days liao, when you want to pay?".....
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Bo lah, now must learn how to grab, where to get free hp, LCD TV and also where to search for good porn..not so easy, formerly, ah pek like me, gong gong, drive, change gear until change shift..smlj also dun have, less problem, less stressful, and more time for pokers and mahjong
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I would say that those in their mid forties and above driving Taxis, you do not need to worry much about the future, cos by the time condition changes, we might be at some old folks home playing mahjong, but for those in their 30s, then have to consider their future as there will be changes which will affect them. Moreover, in today context, changes are become faster and faster, the future will be more fast, as such, TD must learn to adapt to changes.
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don't worry about MRT line up, people want to take taxi still there. only worry about rent and oil keep going up. unless LTA is run by WP, "hopefully" Mr Teochew Lau allow the come back of yellow top taxi.
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WP is quietly following PAP footstep on money sucking
but putting them in control will relief us for a moment as the greed lever is lower.
best is having a few more driver to give these two a big slap
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Originally posted by bowah:
I would say that those in their mid forties and above driving Taxis, you do not need to worry much about the future, cos by the time condition changes,
we might be at some old folks home playing mahjong, but for those in their 30s, then have to consider their future as there will be changes which will affect them.
Moreover, in today context, changes are become faster and faster, the future will be more fast, as such, TD must learn to adapt to changes.
it's not only happen in Taxi Driving, across the board, we all got to do more for the same amount
it is wrong for people at 40s to think they are at the end of the career. Remember, you are less then half way thru, there are at least another 25 years more to move.
you still able to start anything fresh, take 5 years to gain experience and enjoy a better lifestyle for 20yrs.
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Ah di ar...in the 80 and 90s, retirement age is 55yo, and even till now in country like china and western nations is the same, some even 50yo. We had been psycho'ed by our govt too much liao, if you ask many foreigners including workers from india and bangadeshi and those FT, they will tell you, Singaporean poor life, whole life working. So it all depend on how you want to look at it, by 40s, if you still want to chiong, take care hor. You can and of course must work in the context of Singapore aging and decreasing population, but you also must know yr limit, and at the same time, if can, spend time with loveones to go and look around the world before you cannot even fly
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Originally posted by bowah:
Ah di ar…in the 80 and 90s, retirement age is 55yo, and even till now in country like china and western nations is the same, some even 50yo.
We had been psycho’ed by our govt too much liao, if you ask many foreigners including workers from india and bangadeshi and those FT, they will tell you, Singaporean poor life, whole life working.
So it all depend on how you want to look at it, by 40s, if you still want to chiong, take care hor. You can and of course must work in the context of Singapore aging and decreasing population, but you also must know yr limit, and at the same time, if can, spend time with loveones to go and look around the world before you cannot even fly
ah lau ar......... mai tiam tiam wrong channel leh
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Taxi passenger trip profile will change due to more stable public transport, increasing ERP charges & competition from uber and grabcar and other such wannabes.
But with a population target of 6.9m and ever increasing cost of owning a car, maybe TDs' earnings won't be affected much. Even if affected initally, more TDs will leave, so the competition for pax will be lesser too.
The industry will evolve for sure. It is likely that more taxi taking people will switch to public transport but more car owning people will switch to taking taxis as the car becomes out of reach for them.
The middle class in SG is big so a shift from cars to taxi (or uber and grabcar type of service) could be huge also if ERP charges and COEs keep going up. This could offset the shift from taxis to public transport for the lower income group.
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Originally posted by OptimalTrans:
ah lau ar......... mai tiam tiam wrong channel leh
Wrong or right channel is not the issue here, Let me give u a mind of thought, Most people in their mid forties who had become supervisor and above, they would had guide and mentor the junior so as to pass on the skill, if not, the experiences. -
But because of economy driven at all cost by our govt, lots of young foreigners, be it talent or fallen, silently move into our workforce in large amount with wages that can smartly survive in a 3rd or 4rd world countries, ultimately, this depressed our wages and for many, their careers advancement. So you end up people in mid forties or even fifties are still struggling day in and out for a living in a First world 4 most expensive city in the world. Think about it, why TD income hv not gone up in tandem with cost of living, whereby taxis are also in high demand at peak.
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Originally posted by abundance:
Taxi passenger trip profile will change due to more stable public transport, increasing ERP charges & competition from uber and grabcar and other such wannabes.
But with a population target of 6.9m and ever increasing cost of owning a car, maybe TDs' earnings won't be affected much. Even if affected initally, more TDs will leave, so the competition for pax will be lesser too.
The industry will evolve for sure. It is likely that more taxi taking people will switch to public transport but more car owning people will switch to taking taxis as the car becomes out of reach for them.
The middle class in SG is big so a shift from cars to taxi (or uber and grabcar type of service) could be huge also if ERP charges and COEs keep going up. This could offset the shift from taxis to public transport for the lower income group.
Interesting opinion..Pax profile...
Then how will thos affect the taxi industry then?
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wah so chim..... after driving come here relax abit before sleep but now get headache reading all these
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Just drive lah. Why make a simple job so complicated? Lol
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It is not about TD, beneath it, there is another agenda to it...lols
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Originally posted by hammerhammer8888:
Just drive lah. Why make a simple job so complicated? Lol
a simple job... Then why so much feedback??? -
Originally posted by bowah:
It is not about TD, beneath it, there is another agenda to it…lols
what agenda?
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A Taxi social political agenda...unless you really agree to that 6.9millions