The share of taxi fares is increasing in Russia due to the shortage of economy class vehicles. In this respect reports TASS with reference to Yandex press service.
“User demand for taxis is increasing, the shortage of drivers continues in the Russian market, the share of tariffs is increasing due to the influx of new high-class cars and the shortage of economy class cars,” the message says. Yandex said.
Vladimir Popov, formerly Associate Professor of Private Law at the State University of Management statedIt is not possible to prevent the increase in prices of taxi services or to force carriers to reduce tariffs through administrative measures. According to him, if prices in the field of taxi transport are strictly regulated by the state, they will be largely “overshadowed”.
The expert pointed out the economic justifications for increasing the tariffs that carriers have. These include a general acceleration of inflation and rising lending rates.
Formerly in the State Duma offered Limiting the surcharge applied to taxi services in bad weather conditions.