New law may cause taxi services raise fares
Ministry of Infrastructure yet again prepared law on taxi service that should regulate this business. Taxi drivers respond with talks of increasing the fare by 15-20%, according to Vesti.
«After the bill is adopted, the tariffs will surely rise», says head of the trade union of taxi drivers of Ukraine Vasyl Popyk. Still, the law will allow taxi drivers legalize their activities. Today the minimum fare in Kyiv is 30-35 UAH. «The price will increase gradually and stop at the minimum of 50 UAH», said one of Kyiv’s taxi drivers. Transportation expert Bohdan Ahanin seconds, «The increase won’t be more than 15-20%, to about 50 UAH».
