An interesting piece in Bangkok Post this morning.
We know now the details of the fares increase that taxis are going to ask for…
“It [Land Transport Department] is expected to propose two alternatives for the Transport Ministry to consider. The first is to maintain the 35 baht fare for the first two kilometres and charge 5 baht instead of 4.5 baht for every two kilometres after that.
The second alternative is to increase the fare for the first two kilometres to 40 baht and adjust the rate of 4.5 baht for every 1 kilometre instead of 2 kilometres after that.”
Okay. Solution 1 would be a +10 % increase.
And the second alternative would equal… +100 % !
This is what we can call : “give the choice”. A large one. 
So, it’s likely that the Transport Ministry :
-will choose the first solution, while telling us “you see, it could have been worse”
-and will postpone this rise until…january 1. Like always.
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