Ride hailing and multiservice platform Grab is now expanding its GrabCar service to four other major cities – Ipoh, Kuantan, Kuching and Seremban – including the districts of Nilai and Port Dickson effective today. The expansion is in line with Grab’s key mission to make transportation more accessible to everyone, especially in its home-country, and… Read More
Self-employed taxi drivers as well as Grab and Uber drivers will be covered under the Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) from June 1, just like other workers under the Contract of Service Scheme. The Sun reported they will make a contribution rate of 1.25% of their insured monthly income, and the coverage will benefit over 73,000 self-employed… Read More
The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) collected more than RM200,000 in fines from individuals providing illegal taxi services at KL International Airport (KLIA) and (KLIA2), reported Bernama. SPAD Enforcement Division senior general manager Datuk Che Hasni Che Ahmad said enforcement operations in 2016 yielded 58 arrest cases involving taxi drivers, Uber and Grabcar drivers and… Read More
The express bus that crashed on the North-South Expressway near Pagoh did not have the Speed Limiter Device (SLD) because it was manufactured and registered in 2013, before the SLD was made compulsory for buses manufactured after January 2015, reported Bernama. “The Transport Ministry has mandated that all new-model buses manufactured effective January 2015 be installed… Read More
Big Blue Taxi Facilities Sdn Bhd will implement electronic ticketing (Big Blue e-Ticketing) in all taxis under its supervision beginning January 1 next year, reported Bernama. Its adviser, Datuk Shamsubahrin Ismail said this is to protect passengers from being cheated by unscrupulous taxi drivers by taking a longer route to impose high meter charges. Through… Read More