Street-hail rides dwindle as Singapore’s taxi population continues to shrink


Hailing a cab used to be the most common way of getting a taxi before ride-hailing apps appeared on the scene. - PHOTO: ST FILE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Sticking your arm out to flag down a taxi has become a less popular – or more difficult – method of getting a ride.

According to the latest available statistics from the Land Transport Authority (LTA), just over 12 per cent of point-to-point trips were street-hailed in November 2023, down from 22 per cent in January 2021, when the authority first started providing the segmental information.

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