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The newly imposed taxi rates have sparked much debate over whether it’s the right move in tough economic times. Such is the price of taking more than a decade to do right by those who labour to provide an important service.But there will hardly be a time when the majority will readily accept having to pay more for any service and product. We can identify with the needs of taxi drivers to provide for their families. But it is the passengers - citizen and tourist alike - who now have to contend with a price increase that would otherwise elicit roars of national outrage were they appended to utility bills and groceries.The new rates, which took effect last Saturday have doubled in most instances. A taxi ride from the Grantley Adams International Airport to the popular attraction, Harrison’s Cave, will now cost $108, up from $53. A trip to the Animal Flower Cave in St Lucy will cost $179. From the airport to Gibbs, St Peter, the fare jumps from $64 to $138 while a ride to Belleplaine ....
Some taxi operators are adamant that they cannot wait three months to implement Government-approved rate increases as proposed by the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA).Doing so at this stage, they say, would mean that they lose out on the much-needed financial boost that comes with the peak tourism period.The taximen, who have welcomed the hike in rates, fear that the hoteliers may be attempting to “dictate” the affairs of the transport industry.“We deserved this rate increase. This has been 15 years and so many things have gone up. Gas gone up, road tax, the price of parts and the roads have gotten worse. Why are so many people stressing so much about this increase? Taxi men ain’t deserve nothing?” asked Andrew McCaskie, who has been in the taxi business for 32 years. Last Friday Deputy Prime and Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources Santia Bradshaw announced during a press conference, the first rate increase in 15 years to take effect the next day.Bu ....