Another $40 million of taxpayer money is about to be blown on taxi and PHV drivers, even as ridership is expected to rise as the economy reopens.
More than seven in 10 cabbies and Private-Hire Car (PHC) drivers have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Cabbies and private-hire drivers still find it difficult to make the same amount they made before the pandemic, even after the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
The LTA will soon implement a long-delayed regulatory framework designed to level the playing field between cabbies and private-hire drivers.
With immediate effect, all new Private Hire Car Driver's Vocational Licence applicants must be Singapore citizens who are at least 30-years old.
Private-hire car and taxi drivers will get some form of additional help even after a COVID-19 support measure to help them defray costs expires this month.
ComfortDelGro will install 400 of its cabs with plastic shields that separate the driver from the passengers in a bid to reduce to spread of COVID-19.
ComfortDelGro is muscling into the booming food delivery business, utilising up to 10,000 cabs to make deliveries for food and beverage outlets.
ComfortDelGro will extend its full rental waiver to its cabbies by another month following news that safe-distancing measures will be extended till 1 June 2020.
Some 700 cabbies across companies like ComfortDelGro, SMRT Taxis and TransCab have taken up doing food deliveries as income from fares fall.
Some of ComfortDelGro's taxis will be deployed as RedMart delivery vehicles to get groceries to customers while providing needed income for idle cabbies.
A new pop-up care centre at Downtown East aims to assist private-hire and taxi drivers impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Transport Ministry is looking into converting cabbies and private-hire drivers into temporary transport ambassadors amidst the COVID-19 crisis.
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan has pledged to do more for cabbies and private-hire drivers should the coronavirus outbreak drag on.
Taxi operator ComfortDelGro and ride-hailing firm Grab have announced additional measures to help cabbies and drivers affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
A $77 million package, co-funded by the Government and taxi and private-hire companies, will help drivers tide over the coronavirus crisis.
About 1,500 taxi drivers from ComfortDelGro have been trained in digital skills, now capable of using various apps to improve productivity.
ComfortDelGro will launch a Fare Share Scheme, and will slash taxi rental in return for 15% of cabbies' fare takings.
HDT cabbies will also be getting more help to upgrade themselves with digital skills, and may receive additional allowance for becoming mentors to new cabbies.
Singapore's biggest taxi operator is changing how much it takes from cabbies for ride bookings, causing many to wonder how it will affect their earnings.