Taxi service in Kuala Lumpur

It is easy to get a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. If you wait at a taxi stop outside a shopping complex, a taxi will appear soon. There is a queue of taxis waiting for passengers at the KL Sentral station.

I understand that the taxi service in Singapore used to be like this many years ago. But not any more now.

Some commuters complained that it is quite difficult to get a taxi during the busy period. You can wait in the taxi stop for a long time without any taxi appearing. The only way to get a taxi is to make a call and pay an additional fee of $2.50 or $4.

Some taxi drivers prefer to wait for a call, rather than pick up a passenger at the taxi stop.

To prevent this bad habit, some commuters have asked for the call fee to be abolished.

I think that the call fee should be allowed, but it should be reduced to $1. This will remove the incentive for the taxi driver to wait for a call.