Friday, January 21, 2011
THE P10 increase in flag-down rate of all taxicabs in the country will be implemented starting Monday, January 24.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has increase the flag-down rate from P30 to P40 for the first 500 meters and from P2.50 to P3.50 for every succeeding 250 meters.
The LTFRB based its decision on the petition filed last January 22 by the Philippine National Taxi Operators Association (PNTOA) stressing that "since the last taxi fare increase was approved on September 30, 2004, the costs of living, fuel, spare parts, vehicle maintenance and labor have increased."
The decision, however, states that taxi operators need to comply with conditions to charge the increase, which include the use of taxi meters that issue receipts, payment of the P510 filing fee, proper resealing of taxi meters, and at least three uniforms for each driver.(Sunnex)
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This move by the LTFRB will not only hurt the students like me but will also hurt a lot of taxi drivers. I interviewed a taxi driver and he said that this increase will hurt him specially because he has an old taxi cab. He said that old taxi cabs will now have lesser customer than before (thinking that as of now they have much lesser customer than those good new taxis) because of the fact that people want something worth their money and will not settle for an old cab (unless in a very odd situation). I as a student will be having a hard time with this one because of the price which is very high. I do think that the one who would benefit the most out of this increase are the jeepneys, given that a lot of students like me would start to think of the expensiveness of hiring a taxi cab. That's all and by the way the one that I interviewed was my uncle and he's a brilliant taxi driver whose taxi is as cool as Alaska. God bless us all.
This move by the LTFRB will not only hurt the students like me but will also hurt a lot of taxi drivers. I interviewed a taxi driver and he said that this increase will hurt him specially because he has an old taxi cab. He said that old taxi cabs will now have lesser customer than before (thinking that as of now they have much lesser customer than those good new taxis) because of the fact that people want something worth their money and will not settle for an old cab (unless in a very odd situation). I as a student will be having a hard time with this one because of the price which is very high. I do think that the one who would benefit the most out of this increase are the jeepneys, given that a lot of students like me would start to think of the expensiveness of hiring a taxi cab. That's all and by the way the one that I interviewed was my uncle and he's a brilliant taxi driver whose taxi is as cool as Alaska. God bless us all.
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