Jaturong Kaewkasi, Chief Specialist of the Phuket Land Transport Office told The Phuket News, “Those meter taxis who have signed up to to provide a service via the GrabTaxi application will have 10 places where they will be allowed to wait to be called by customers.
“The 10 places are; Phuket Provincial Hall, Phuket Land Transport Office, the old and new bus terminals, Phuket City Police Station, Chalong Police Station, Karon Police Station, the Patong football field, Patong Hospital and Rajabhat University.
“This GrabTaxi application means that anyone can call for a taxi from anywhere on the island. Once called, the taxis can depart from the chosen waiting place, or they can even agree to a fare when they are on the move after dropping off their previous fare and are returning to there waiting space.”
Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong added, “These 10 areas are where GrabTaxi meter taxis can wait to be called by customers.
“I would like to strees that these are not taxi rans, they are taxi car parks.”
GrabTaxi was officially launched in Phuket last Friday (July 24) at an event attended by Gov Nisit and Vee Charununsiri, Deputy General Manager, GrabTaxi Thailand and is aimed at improving the islandʼs often critised taxi service. (See story here)