The taxi fare
increase - translated
and summarized from SiamRath,
April 24, 2003
Whether the increase is final, we have not been
able to determine (many are skeptical). In any
event, Siamrath reported that the cabinet
approved a plan to raise Bangkok taxi meter
fees.
1) Initial fee (first 2 km) - from 35 baht
to 50 baht
2) The next kilometers - from 4.50 baht/km (the
3th-12th km), 5 baht/km (the 13th-20th km) and
5.50 baht/km (the 21th km and beyond) to 12
baht/km
3) Traffic jam fee (at speeds less than 6 km/hr)
- from 1.25 baht/minute to 3 baht/minute
4) Calling charge (in case of calling for a
cab by telephone) from 20 baht to 50 baht
5) Airport fee from 50 baht to 100 baht
Taxis can remain in use for 12 years (raised
from the present 7 years).
The reasons behind the skyrocket price are that
taxi fees have been frozen for 10 years and
fuel prices (especially the NGV gas for taxis)
have risen. Normally, one NGV tank carries 40
kg of NGV gas to run for 12 hours. NGV has replaced
LPG gas since NGV is safer than LPG. Another
reason given is that the expressway charge will
be raised by 5 baht in coming years (even though
the passengers are the ones who have to pay
the expressway charges).
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