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While the residents felt that the increased fare would add to their financial burden, the car hire regulatory body, TransAD said that the new standardised fares would prevent over-charging by taxi drivers.
Some of the residents, however, felt that the new flag fall fare of Dh3 for all silver taxis in the emirate of
A resident of
“We don’t find taxis in the city from
The taxi drivers charge Dh5 per passenger for a journey between
Balram Shankar, legal consultant, said, “Prices of foodstuff have increased while salaries are static. Since oil prices have gone down, there is no reason for increase in fares.”
Mohammad Ansher Aboobaker, a bank employee, said, “The new fares will affect the income of taxi drivers as most people will prefer to travel in buses. More taxis should be introduced during morning time to deal with shortage.” “This move is not encouraging in times of recession. We have problems with golden-and-white colour taxi as most of the drivers refuse to take us to crowed areas in the city,” Fayas Khan, chief accountant, said. The taxi drivers, however, appeared to be delighted with the introduction of the new fares as they will be able to earn more money.
Zameen Hussain, a taxi driver, said, “It is good for us because it will fetch us some more money as the traffic jams in the city have turned worse. Most of the time in the city we are stuck in traffic, but this new system will improve our earnings.”
Sajid Ali of Al Arabia taxi, said, “If we don’t save enough money what is the benefit of living here as the cost of living and foodstuff prices have gone up. With the previous fares, we were saving nothing at the end of the day,” Sajid Ali added.
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