Transport Min meets to discuss ride fare hikes

 

 

BANGKOK, 22 May 2018, (NNT) - Today, Thailand's Transport Ministry held an emergency meeting to discuss public transportation fare hikes, following a recent petition filed by public transport operators. 

The plea came shortly after the diesel price reached its current price of 29.79 baht per liter. 

Transport Minister, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, called the meeting with relevant units to examine the matter closely. The fares of public transportation usually fluctuate in relation to fuel prices. Today’s meeting mainly explored the effects of the current diesel price. 

Also tabled during the talk were the negotiations with the Land Transport Federation of Thailand over delaying the fare adjustment . The federation had planned to increase fares by five percent from the beginning of May, but delayed the rise despite the frequent diesel price increases. 

A representative of public transportation operators, Suchinda Cherdchai, explained that operators have to increase the fares by 1 satang per kilometer every time the price of fuel goes up. She pointed out that operators haven't been able to make fare adjustments for quite some time now. 

The current diesel price will be above the 29 baht per liter mark for the 15th day on June 1st, when public transport operators can legally adjust their fares.

 

-- nnt 2018-05-22

 

Transport Min meets to discuss ride fare hikes
 

 
BANGKOK, 22 May 2018, (NNT) - Today, Thailand's Transport Ministry held an emergency meeting to discuss public transportation fare hikes, following a recent petition filed by public transport operators. 

The plea came shortly after the diesel price reached its current price of 29.79 baht per liter. 

Transport Minister, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, called the meeting with relevant units to examine the matter closely. The fares of public transportation usually fluctuate in relation to fuel prices. Today’s meeting mainly explored the effects of the current diesel price. 

Also tabled during the talk were the negotiations with the Land Transport Federation of Thailand over delaying the fare adjustment . The federation had planned to increase fares by five percent from the beginning of May, but delayed the rise despite the frequent diesel price increases. 

A representative of public transportation operators, Suchinda Cherdchai, explained that operators have to increase the fares by 1 satang per kilometer every time the price of fuel goes up. She pointed out that operators haven't been able to make fare adjustments for quite some time now. 

The current diesel price will be above the 29 baht per liter mark for the 15th day on June 1st, when public transport operators can legally adjust their fares.
  -- nnt 2018-05-22  

That’s a hard pill to swallow in a country with no guarantees on wages.


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I thought most of the buses use gas here. That's why one exploded two weeks ago near Gateway Ekkamai.