No plans to fully liberalise cross-border ride-hailing services between Singapore and Johor: Singapore Land Transport Authority

There is an existing cross-border taxi scheme, which allows a licensed fleet of up to 200 taxis from each country to ferry passengers to and fro. These taxis are allowed to pick up and drop off passengers at one designated point in each country – Larkin Sentral in Johor Bahru for Singapore taxis, and Ban San Street Terminal in Rochor for Malaysian taxis. — THOMAS YONG/The Star

SINGAPORE: The local authorities are open to ideas that can improve the commute between Singapore and Johor, but have no plans to fully liberalise cross-border ride-hailing services.

In a statement on Aug 3, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) made this clarification following an Aug 1 meeting between Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow and Johor state’s chief minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi.