This gonna be a length post on taxi fares vs PHVs. I'll summarize it as much as I can based on my own experience. One sentence summary is : Taxi fares is hard to compete with PHV fares. The rest, read on..on fares, pax, and driver.

A taxi driver finds it sad that educated youths are turning to private hire instead of getting proper jobs that match their qualifications. Why is it so difficult to get a job in Singapore nowadays? Why is it so poorly managed?

A netizen came up with 4 solutions for SMRT to facilitate students who are late for exams due to train delays. She suggested linking up with taxi companies, having buses for students only and even preparing a room in the station for them to take their exams!

A 67 year old woman was killed on Wednesday morning after being knocked down by a taxi near the Ayer Rajah Food Centre. The accident happened around 6:26 am along West Coast Drive towards West Coast Road.

A netizen asked for taxi and private hire drivers to take note of an unnamed hotel which refused to pay up after booking 96 taxi rides for its staff. The total bill surpasses $4000. Its HR even had the cheek to say it does not want to deal with drivers.