Beijing to raise taxi fares for 1st time since 2006
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May 8, 2013, Wednesday
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BEIJING residents will have to fork out more on taxis if the city's municipal authorities implement a proposed fare hike. The planned hike will be discussed at a public hearing on May 23 before it is implemented.
The plan, unveiled by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform, suggests a base fare hike from the current 10 yuan (US$1.6) to 13 yuan for the first 3 kilometers.
The rate/km after the first 3km will rise to either 2.3 yuan or 2.6 yuan from the current 2 yuan, according to the plan.
Beijing taxis currently add a 1- to 3-yuan fuel surcharge for trips over 3km. The amount of the surcharge varies with the current price of fuel. Under the new plan, the surcharge will be fixed at 1 yuan.
The capital has not hiked taxi fares since 2006, said Li Sufang, an official with the municipal commission.
Beijing has 252 taxi operators and 1,157 individual cab drivers that collectively run 66,646 vehicles, carrying about 700 million passengers annually and accounting for 6.6 percent of the city's transport.
"As the price of fuel keeps rising, I can understand why they plan to raise the taxi fares," a resident said yesterday. But she added that she would use subways and buses if the taxi fares were raised.
The plan, unveiled by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform, suggests a base fare hike from the current 10 yuan (US$1.6) to 13 yuan for the first 3 kilometers.
The rate/km after the first 3km will rise to either 2.3 yuan or 2.6 yuan from the current 2 yuan, according to the plan.
Beijing taxis currently add a 1- to 3-yuan fuel surcharge for trips over 3km. The amount of the surcharge varies with the current price of fuel. Under the new plan, the surcharge will be fixed at 1 yuan.
The capital has not hiked taxi fares since 2006, said Li Sufang, an official with the municipal commission.
Beijing has 252 taxi operators and 1,157 individual cab drivers that collectively run 66,646 vehicles, carrying about 700 million passengers annually and accounting for 6.6 percent of the city's transport.
"As the price of fuel keeps rising, I can understand why they plan to raise the taxi fares," a resident said yesterday. But she added that she would use subways and buses if the taxi fares were raised.
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