The on­go­ing maxi taxi strike has trig­gered a surge in de­mand for al­ter­na­tive trans­porta­tion ser­vices, with ride-share op­er­a­tors re­port­ing in­creased ac­tiv­i­ty while taxi dri­vers voiced sup­port for the con­cerns raised by maxi op­er­a­tors.

TT Rideshare Ltd ex­ec­u­tive chair­man Dwight House­nd told Guardian Me­dia that the com­pa­ny re­spond­ed to the dis­rup­tion by re­duc­ing com­mis­sions charged to dri­vers and of­fer­ing dis­count­ed fares to com­muters strug­gling to get to work, school and oth­er des­ti­na­tions.

The com­pa­ny low­ered its com­mis­sion on trips from 20 per cent to 15 per cent un­til Wednes­day night and in­tro­duced a 10 per cent dis­count code for pas­sen­gers us­ing the plat­form.