Free the market for taxis

THE decision by the Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) to migrate all taxis to the Proton Exora under the Teksi 1Malaysia initiative emboldens monopolies instead of letting market forces dictate what cars should be taxis.

Sure, London has its London taxicabs and New York its taxicabs and their images are famous the world over. There is uniformity in those taxis and much of that has to do with history, and as a consequence, the type of cars that are taxis.