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12 comments:
since the minibus operating as private individuals the question is why is there no competition in bus fare price, and government just putting a cap on the maximum price?
The same problem exist in the gas station business.
Competition like in any other business is the key.
I hope that allows the busses to pay their fair share of taxex.
@12.56
the taxi drivers also.
People the bus drivers pay taxes when they buy the bus, they pay taxes on gas, parts and tire they buy. What taxes you want them to pay again?
@1:51pm
income-tax of course!!!
just like any other price control business.
Amen, above.
Uninformed question and perhaps unaware - @ April 17, 2014 at 1:51 PM.
Bus fares must go up after all. It should be done everytime a cost to operations goes up. What is going to happen now afetr years of not going up the new price is going to seem so high. If like gasoline it floats it is the best way I think.A 1/4 ly review should be done on those rates.
They need to reduce the number of buses on the roads to help curb accidents and to make it more profitable for the operators. The larger the number of passengers the greater the profit and therefore eliminate the need to raise the fares. Enough is enough. Everyone wants to get rich quick at the expense of the majority.
@2.23PM
Absolutely correct!
Reducing the number of buses is the key.
Like in any other business if there are to many and if there is not enough demand some have to close down their business and do something else.
Government should also stop issuing new rout permits.
It is high time mini bus drivers start thinking how to reduce their cost instead passing on the bucket to the passengers.
All they have to do is get organised and set a system in place
WHERE EVERYONE DRIVE ONLY EACH 2. DAY.
The income will be the same because he will make more trips/and the operation cost will be reduced by 50%.
What all providers and end-users of the transportation service must come to grips with is the need for balance in pricing the service. There must be route subsidies in pricing. The faster we establish a one-island fare structure the better.
Some people, our working poor, are forced to fork out nearly 30 percent of their base pay to pay the transportation cost of their jobs. That is not just burdensome and irksome. It is an outrage.
Some are forced to pay for three separate rides to and from work. This adds up.
Road accidents on the other hand are a function of existing, and the respect for existing speed limits, plus the size of vehicles on the road. If the speed limit is enforced and inspections are carried out routinely by the police, (e.g., forcibly removing vehicles from the road, with suspected braking difficulties, lights, etc, and especially balding tires) together with enforced annual vehicle inspection in designated garages, for all transport vehicles, these will go along way in reducing accidents.
To set prices, the government should also have a very small fleet of buses on some designated routes. Competition is good. Corruption and borbol are bad.
perhaps the bus system should be government run and bus drivers then salaried. They would become government employees. A lot of this greed could then be curbed
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