Taxi cooperatives demand fare increase
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Taxi cooperatives are demanding a higher fare for taxi rides.
“We will ask the Transport Ministry to approve the higher rate of taxi fares,” Witoon Naewpanich, a leader of the cooperatives, said Monday.
He said the increase was necessary in the face of rising living cost and rising energy price.
According to the taxi cooperatives’ proposal, a taxi ride for a distance not exceeding one kilometre will still cost just Bt35. However, for the additional kilometres, the fares will be up by between eight to 15 per cent.
The Nation
