'No passengers, only drivers': Why the Singapore-Malaysia cross-border taxi scheme needs a revamp

Balazs Barabas

Demand is growing for more convenient cross-border travel options between Singapore and Johor Bahru, but commuters are choosing not to use licensed taxi services. CNA finds out why. SINGAPORE/JOHOR BAHRU: It is 2pm on a weekday at Ban San Street Terminal in Singapore, where licensed taxi drivers are authorised to pick up passengers headed across the border to Johor Bahru. A dozen or so people can be seen waiting idly in the sheltered terminal – but no one is there to board a taxi. “There are