All New Taxis To Be SPAD-Decreed Brown Proton Exora Starting 1 November 2014
The move will see 2,604 drivers in Malaysia using the brown Exora by the end of the year, and is expected to affect over 42,000 taxi drivers across Peninsular Malaysia.
By Sadho Ram — 03 May 2014, 04:15 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
All Budget And Executive Taxi Operators With Permits Expiring By 31 October 2014 Must Change Their Car Types To A Brown Proton Exora
Operators of budget and executive taxis with permits expiring on October 31 will have to change to the SPAD-decreed brown Proton Exora. The move comes on the order of SPAD, the Land Public Transport Commission, which announced the move to a uniform taxi last year.
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The Move Will See 2,604 Drivers In Malaysia Using The Brown Exora By The End 2014
The move, part of a taxi migration scheme by the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), will see 2,604 drivers in Malaysia using the brown Exora by the end of the year, and is expected to affect over 42,000 taxi drivers across Peninsular Malaysia.
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However, Those With Permits Expiring Between 1 May And 1 October Would Be Allowed To Carry On With Whatever Car They Had Until November
Push for change: Syed Hamid speaking to reporters at the commission’s office while Mohd Nur Ismal looks on.
Image via The StarSPAD chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said those with permits expiring between May 1 and Oct 31 would be allowed to keep on using whatever car they had until November. "As of May 1, those who have to change are given six months to migrate to the new taxi... we'll give an extension. We hope they will (change their taxis)," he told reporters at SPAD headquarters Wednesday.
thestar.com.myHe added that drivers whose permits expired between May 1 and Oct 31 this year were welcome to switch to the Exora.
thestar.com.myWith Taxi Permits Given On A 10-Year Span, All Taxis That Are Not Proton Exora Will Be Taken Off The Road By The And Of 2024
The Proton Exora Teksi 1Malaysia was launched in April 2013. The price of the taxi was revealed at the time to be in the region of RM64,000, before a RM5,000 government grant disbursed by the 1Malaysia Development Board. The Star reports that as of mid-April, there were 539 drivers of the brown Exora taxi. Given that taxi permits last 10 years, the last taxi that isn’t an Exora is expected to disappear from the roads by end-2024.
paultan.orgIn 2013, SPAD announced that the brown Proton Exora - a 1.6-litre MPV model - would eventually become Malaysia's flagship taxi, replacing all other city taxi types. Drivers here, especially in the Klang Valley, have been known to use nearly a dozen taxi colours and half as many car models, which SPAD said was confusing to passengers.
thestar.com.mySyed Hamid said in five years, nearly half of all those driving a budget or executive taxi today would change their cars to the brown Exora. As of Apr 24, SPAD recorded a total of 75,550 taxis in the Peninsular, including 39,531 budget, 3,111 executive, 3,132 airport, 996 limousine taxis as well as 11,402 hired/drive and 17,378 hired cars. The majority of the country's taxis operate in the Klang Valley, with 51,550 taxis recorded here including 32,278 budget taxis. Another 4,922 and 1,126 budget taxis were in the Johor and Penang states respectively.
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In Another Matter, SPAD Chairman Said A Public Transport Fare Structure Would Be Presented To The Economic Council "In A Few Days"
Syed Hamid said a public transport fare structure - covering buses, trains and taxis - would be presented to the Economic Council "in a few days". He added that a rationalisation of public transport fares also did not mean that fares would go up, though Syed Hamid declined to comment on prices.
thestar.com.myWhen asked when an announcement would be made, SPAD chief executive Mohd Nur Ismal Kamal said "the decision will be soon, but the implementation... we're not sure how long it will take."
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