Cabby Wong Hao Min has been earning up to $40 more each day since he hooked onto GrabTaxi three months ago, which brings his daily collection to more than $250.
He says the mobile booking app lands him at least five jobs a day and is especially useful when he takes passengers to remote areas such as Tuas. “Usually, I would come back in an empty vehicle,” said the 35-year-old. “Now I’ve a better chance to find a fare.”
And it is not just taxi drivers who described the app, which was launched here last October, as a boon. In a Sunday Times online poll, about half of 207 passengers who use the app – despite some of its issues – said it has made it much easier to get a cab.
Vertex Venture Holdings, a fully-owned subsidiary of government investment arm Temasek, has shown enough faith to invest more than US$10 million ($S12.5 million) in its development here since last September.
Taxi booking app draws cabbies with incentives
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