Taxis call for fare rivalry

The operator of the capital’s biggest metered taxi fleet has called on Phnom Penh municipal officials to crack down on unlicensed taxi operators, claiming as many as half of the capital’s 1,100 metered cabs are operating illegally.

Din Radeth, human resources manager for Choice Taxi, which operates a fleet of over 200 sedans under a licence from City Hall, said companies that invest in legal operations are facing cutthroat competition from unlicensed operators, who benefit from the uneven playing field.

He said metered taxi fleet operators are required to register with City Hall and pay a $2,000 monthly licensing fee to the municipality. Yet he claimed only three of the eight metered taxi firms have registered, and the unlicensed firms are benefitting from a poor regulatory framework that that creates major disadvantages for compliant firms.

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