From Monday, commuters looking for a cheaper private-hire car ride will be able to use Grab’s ride-sharing service, GrabShare, anywhere around the island from 5pm to 11pm. The service, which allows multiple passengers headed in the same direction to share a ride for a...
For instance, shared rides now include a cancellation fee and commuters are matched to drivers upfront.
There are currently about 55,000 active private-hire drivers and cabbies in Singapore, compared with 69,000 before Covid-19. Grab said drivers also liked the improvements to the service, with 74 per cent saying that the earnings they made from a GrabShare ride were worth the additional time taken to pick up passengers from two different locations.For instance, it is testing whether it can reduce the distance that drivers need to travel to pick up passengers sharing a ride, in order to cut down waiting time and the number of cancellations made.
Mr Joshua Tan, 22, would take GrabShare rides once or twice a month before the pandemic, when he needed to get somewhere quickly but was not willing to pay too much. Ms Karen Law, 51, said she will consider using GrabShare only if the fares are substantially cheaper and if she has time to spare. Grab last Thursday also rolled out new initiatives to cater to the return of passenger traffic to Changi Airport.
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