Public transport in Singapore is not expensive. I moved to Singapore for work. I have always been using public transport for commuting to work. I would never take a taxi home unless I was starting from office in the middle of the night, which I would at times due to my work shift timings. I was aware of Uber, Grab and other taxi services in Singapore. But it was recently that my friend introduced me to the concept of UberPool and Grab Share. It sounded more like the share-auto concept which I have used in Chennai, but only better. I began to use more of UberPool everyday.
What is UberPool?
UberPool is a car sharing service provided by Uber apart from their usual Standard taxi services. UberPool will be atleast 15%-20% cheaper. Hence more affordable. Car sharing does not mean that you will find a car only if there are other people pooling. You will be riding alone in case nobody raises request for UberPool in your path.
I live less than 3 kms from my office. I was taking the bus to work everyday. My average journey time was 20-25 minutes, because I had to change 2 buses. After I started using UberPool my commute time is about 10 minutes or lesser these days. I do not use UberPool everyday though. Uber provides a lot of promotional discounts these days in Singapore. I wait for the promotions to be active. These promotions are $4 off, or $5 off, which means that I will be paying even lesser than what I pay for public transport. I suppose this is good because the distance to my office is less. If it was more then public transport might still be cheaper.
What is UberPool?
UberPool is a car sharing service provided by Uber apart from their usual Standard taxi services. UberPool will be atleast 15%-20% cheaper. Hence more affordable. Car sharing does not mean that you will find a car only if there are other people pooling. You will be riding alone in case nobody raises request for UberPool in your path.
I live less than 3 kms from my office. I was taking the bus to work everyday. My average journey time was 20-25 minutes, because I had to change 2 buses. After I started using UberPool my commute time is about 10 minutes or lesser these days. I do not use UberPool everyday though. Uber provides a lot of promotional discounts these days in Singapore. I wait for the promotions to be active. These promotions are $4 off, or $5 off, which means that I will be paying even lesser than what I pay for public transport. I suppose this is good because the distance to my office is less. If it was more then public transport might still be cheaper.
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