According to Grab Singapore, the ride-sharing service has helped reduce the number of cars on the country’s roads by about 19,000 cars since it was launched there in 2013. Its country head Lim Kell Jay said for every car Grab introduces to the roads, 1.5 personal cars are removed.
In a report by The Sun, Lim also stated Grab’s goal is to take cars off the road by making transportation highly efficient, accessible and affordable. “This can be done by increasing efficiency of individual services such as GrabTaxi and GrabCar as well as maximising utilisation via carpooling of GrabShare and GrabHitch,” Lim said.
“Unifying transport services such as JustGrab and GrabShare while moving larger groups affordably and conveniently via GrabCoach (bus charter service) and GrabShuttle has helped achieve this aim,” he continued, adding that services such as GrabShuttle complement and improve Singapore’s bus network.
GrabShuttle is a service that allows passengers to pre-book a bus seat from a list of fixed routes. The data-driven shuttle bus service allow for large groups of people to commute affordably from door to door. Users are also allowed to crowd-start new shuttle routes, with 13-, 23- and 40-seater buses available.
Lim also noted that Grab is the first government-approved fixed fare taxi service, which was achieved via partnerships with five taxi operators. The company is also the first market to launch an on-demand carpooling service with GrabShare.
Grab Singapore’s unifying transport service JustGrab, also sees job bookings worth over SG$1.1 million (RM3.42 million) in fares daily. The service combines car & taxi fleets, assign commuters the nearest vehicle at an affordable fixed fare. This approach has helped lower the average waiting time for rides from five to 3.2 minutes.
Providing a little insight into its Grab driver-partners, Lim revealed they earn an average of one-third more per hour compared with the wages of an average worker. Citing examples of various countries, Grab drivers in in Singapore earned 10% more, Malaysia 48%, Vietnam 55%, Thailand 19%, Indonesia 34% and Philippines 35%. On a related note, traffic accident rates from Grab are lower than the national averages by some five times.
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Singapore Gomen knew this long ago. That is why they supported Grab and Uber long ago.
We all….our vision is not so far. That is why we cannot be like Lee Kuan Yew, have far vision and made his country 1st world and his currency strong.
And yet is SG that followed us to legalise Grabuber…
Protek protek 1Teksim….
Gov says liberalise, liberalise markets.
Liberalise markets?? Meanwhile G announce weekly fuel prices again today. Not liberalised market driven, according to bootlickers
R we still on ride share/taxi servis or did u go off tangent again & calling pipu names? Usual tactics for RBAs.
that’s a mind set of an advance country ,reduce pollution and cars .
Rather than a bug fuss over it… This all happens because of many taxis con their passengers all this while
Less cars? According to bashers here, if less cars means 1) economy going down, 2) currency going down, 3) gov lousy, 4) pipu r getting poorer, 5) mesti ubah.
So apa southlord tunggu lagi, ini karilah! Oh wai…
SMRT public transport > All
Frequent SMRT breakdowns > all
Have you ever taken the bus? Waited for an hour and see 3 buses come one after the other on the same route? Wait at the depot/LRT station and see all the Prasarana drivers go for teh tarik break together?
There are definitely too many cars on the road, but it’s because people are willing to go through the financial burden of ownership because the MyRAPID buses are simply not reliable.
On yes. London red bus. Wait for hours then comes 3 empty ones. Must becuz of too many chips n bangers & a pint or 3 per trip…
Don’t be stupid Grab… Singapore’s car population is limited by COE not bcos ur stupid PHV…
Grab oso seems to have missed out SG recession hitting the pipus appetite for new cars. Or natural borns being replaced by FTs that cant own cars.
But its not like bashers here gonna listen of cuz…
When MY gov works with grabuber, its taboleh. Mesti bash.
When SG gov works with grabuber, its gr8 idea. Mesti puji.
Colonial mentality still strong.