ISKANDAR PUTERI: Cross-border taxis from Singapore are expected to be required to install a location tracking system in Johor to monitor their movements and ensure that passengers are picked up and dropped off only at designated locations, according to a Johor state executive councillor.
Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said the move would be in line with Singapore’s requirement that Malaysian cross-border taxis install location tracking via the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) 2 system for the same purpose.
“Malaysia is expected to implement a similar or at least an equivalent measure; however, the matter of the installation cost is still under discussion,” he told Bernama in an interview at his office in Kota Iskandar recently.
Fazli, who is in charge of works, transport, infrastructure and communications, said the approach would also facilitate monitoring by the Transport Ministry.
Singapore’s Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow was previously reported as saying that Malaysian taxis operating in Singapore must install an on-board unit for ERP2 before its full implementation on Jan 1, 2027.
He said the measure was necessary to enable the government to monitor and take enforcement action against the vehicles if needed while they are in the country.
Fazli said the state government had proposed 12 key locations for Singapore cross-border taxis to drop off passengers in the state.
