After the fare increase in public transport in Kyiv to 30 UAH, many locals began to wonder if this would lead to a new rise in taxi fares. Transport experts and representatives of transport services assess this scenario differently, but agree on one thing: a sharp price increase is not expected in the near future. This is reported by Telegraf.
Taxis in Kyiv after the fare increase: will tariffs rise?
From July 15, the cost of a single trip in the capital's public transport has risen to 30 UAH. For passengers who use transfers, travel costs have also increased, prompting many to consider alternative means of transportation.
Co-founder of the NGO Passengers of Kyiv Vyacheslav Skryl believes that minibus taxis may review their fares following public transport. However, he does not expect a massive shift of passengers from buses and the metro to taxis, as these are different scales of transport.
Transport analyst Oleksandr Grechko points out that about a third of Kyiv residents are paying passengers of public transport. They will feel the new tariffs the most and will start to choose alternative means of transportation more often.
Taxi fares in Kyiv: what forecasts do experts give?
According to Grechko, the alternatives for some residents of the capital may include:
- taxis;
- electric scooters;
- bicycles;
- mopeds;
- personal cars.
In his opinion, trips on public transport with multiple transfers have now become noticeably more expensive, so the difference in cost between buses and taxis is narrowing. However, this does not mean a sharp increase in demand for transport services.
The greatest risk, according to the analyst, is the possible increase in the number of private cars on the roads. If some Kyiv residents refuse to use public transport, this may lead to more congestion and an increase in accidents.
At Bolt, they currently do not see grounds for raising fares. Bolt's general manager in Ukraine, Serhii Pavlyk, explained that the price of a trip is determined by a dynamic pricing algorithm, which primarily depends on demand and the number of available drivers.
«Currently, we do not expect a sharp or significant increase in fare prices», – Pavlyk stated.
At the same time, he did not rule out that in the long term, fare prices could be impacted by changes in the transportation behavior of Kyiv residents, rising fuel prices, and other economic factors.
It should be noted that in the Darnytsia district of Kyiv, emergency rescue operations have been completed at the site of the strike on a 16-story residential building. As a result of the Russian attack on July 2, 31 people were killed, and 102 were injured.