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New taxi charges to apply from next week
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THE taxi flag-down rate across most of the city will increase by 1 yuan (16 US cents) from October 8, Shanghai authorities said yesterday.
The cost applies to the first 3 kilometers of all journeys. Currently set at 13 yuan, plus a 1 yuan fuel surcharge, the new rate will be 14 yuan, with no surcharge. In effect, therefore, it will be unchanged.
The cost of rides beyond 3km will change, however.
From next Thursday, the rate will be 2.50 yuan for every kilometer traveled between three and 15 kilometers, and 3.75 yuan for each one after that.
The current rate is 2.40 yuan for the third to 10th kilometer, and 3.60 yuan afterwards.
For the larger VW Touran cabs, the flag-down rate will rise by 2 yuan to 16 yuan, though all other charges will be as outlined above.
For taxis that operate only in suburban areas, and which do not pay the fuel surcharge, the flag-down rate will remain at 13 yuan.
Meanwhile, the cost of waiting in a taxi will also increase, the city’s transport authority announced.
This will now be charged at the rate of 1 kilometer’s worth of journey for every 4 minutes waited, instead of every 5 minutes.
While the official date for the introduction of the new pricing structure is October 8, due to the logistics of updating the city’s more than 50,000 taxis, the higher charges will in many cases not take effect until the end of the month.
The city’s transport watchdog said that “most” of the extra income from the fare increase will go to the drivers, though it did not elaborate.
Local man Li Xinlei told Shanghai Daily that he thinks the higher prices are bad news for the industry and will serve only to promote alternatives, like Uber.
“This will just push more people to use taxi-hailing apps rather than flag down cabs on the street,” he said.
A taxi driver surnamed Shi said he would have preferred to see a reduction in the cost of running his cab than a small rise in the flag-down rate.
“Of course we welcome the fare rise, but for short trips it won’t make much difference,” he said.
“If I take 30 flag-down rides, my income will only increase by 30 yuan, while my daily rental fee is about 380 yuan, and fuel costs me another 200 yuan.”
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