Have taxi stands on roads with bus lanes

Nov 26, 2007

I APPLAUD the move by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to build 15 more taxi stands in the city area.

The implementation of full-day bus lane on five city roads last year caused much inconvenience to taxi passengers.

Due to the dearth of taxi stands along these roads, particularly Eu Tong Sen Street, Hill Street and Victoria Street, cabbies risk fines for picking up or dropping off passengers in the bus lane.
Can the LTA build some of the new taxi stands along these roads to ease inconvenience to passengers?

More important, these taxi stands will prevent accidents caused by cabbies swerving into the bus lane to pick up passengers.

Poh Soon Leong