More drivers wanted as taxi and private-hire ridership rebounds

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SINGAPORE - The number of taxi and private-hire car trips looks on track to return to the highest levels since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in February 2020, with ridership figures rebounding la

te last year as the Government relaxed pandemic measures.

The taxi population in November stood at 81 per cent of pre-Covid-19 levels. Private hire cars were at 88 per cent of that in 2019. Among these was a reduction in social group sizes from five to two people. Dining in at restaurants was also stopped because of the risk of transmission from unmasked diners.

It also confirmed that taxi bookings on its app had increased by 25 per cent month on month in December last year. Dec 17 saw it log the highest number of trips in the whole year.Up to 400 ComfortDelGro e-taxis to be put on roads this year, in first for operator Driver population contracted most rapidly from 2019 to 2020, with some 6,000 private-hire drivers and nearly 2,900 taxi drivers terminating their contracts.

 

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