‘Sak Siam’ knocks taxi app fares starting at 40 baht, expected to open in November.
Mr. Saksiam Chidchob, Minister of Transport, revealed that on September 30, Has signed a ministerial regulation on hired cars carrying no more than 7 passengers via electronic system. or a black label taxi number 5 already Make the Department of Land Transport (Khor.) ready to open Application service companies that are interested in applying for a permit and seeking certification from Khor Khor. From October 1, it is expected that KKU will take time to consider the validity within 30 days. Expected in November There will be a service for calling taxis through the application. Initially, it is expected that there will be about 10,000 black-label taxis interested in participating in the application, with the KPP will evaluate the satisfaction of the people in parallel with them.
Mr. Sak Siam said that for the initial fares (Start meter) Taxis called through the app will be between 40-150 baht depending on the size of the car. It is small, medium or large. The fare rate according to the distance or the fare over the first 2 kilometers (km) is 6-16 baht per km, depending on the size of the car. while the fare rate while the car is stationary or congested, the rate is not more than 2 baht / minute by requiring service providers to charge a car service fee at a rate of not more than 20 baht
Mr. Sak Siam added that the application will have a system to call a car according to categories, which will put public taxis in the first place. followed by environmentally friendly vehicles and private taxis to facilitate the people. It is believed that there will be interested application service companies to join the project which from the previous hearing Found that there are 6 application owners who have expressed interest, however, now they have ordered the Khor.
On the other hand, Mr. Chirut Wisanchit, Director-General of the Department of Land Transport, said that according to the procedure, the owner of the application must submit a request for permission to the KRB, which must be qualified according to the law. is a juristic person registered in Thailand Has a registered capital of not less than 5 million baht, has a place of business in Thailand Are available 24 hours a day and must never have been revoked permission to be a GPS system provider according to the Department of Land Transport’s law, then it will take time to consider the application if it is According to the criteria, it will be considered for permission, expected to take no more than 1 month.
News reports from the Ministry of Transport indicate that the fare will be divided into 3 types according to the type of car. is a small hire car, the distance of the first 2 km is 40-45 baht, the distance is more than 2 km, 6-10 baht per km. Over 2 km or more, 7-12 baht per km and large taxis Distance 2 km. First 100-150 baht. Distance more than 2 km. 12-16 baht per km.
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