Make it fare for all in new taxi-ride pricing system
Upfront-quoted taxi fares seem to be the way to go, but companies should make surge pricing clearer
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THE trend for taxi fares is clear. How they are calculated is still not. Ride-hailing app Grab has introduced a new service that pools all taxis and private cars together, charging rides made in any of them on the same fare structure.
The most attention-grabbing aspect that the new service, JustGrab, brings to taxi fares is the surge pricing - something that metered taxi fares currently do not include.
Such a component is present in Grab's private-car service GrabCar's fares, and also those offered by Grab's main rival, Uber.
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