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Suva Taxi Association welcomes revert from open taxi rank to base system

Suva Taxi Association welcomes revert from open taxi rank to base system

By Alipate Narawa
03/05/2025

The Suva Taxi Association has welcomed the revert of operation system from open taxi rank system to municipal stand and base system.

Suva Taxi Association President, Ratnash Narayan says this was changed by the previous government without any consultation with them, adding that when they were in the base and stand system, there were no private cars operating as “pari” in Suva.

He says since the open taxi rank system came to effect in 2022, all taxis started operating in Suva City, which started causing traffic congestion as they provided the Land transport Authority with detailed survey reports.

The Taxi Association President says they would like to thank the current government, and the Minister for Transport Ro Filipe Tuisawau.

He says they would like to thank LTA CEO Irimaia Rokosawa as he has worked very closely with the Suva Taxi Association.

Narayan says they were happy with the consultation part with the CEO LTA, as he really understood their concerns.

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