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The president of the Route 2 Maxi Taxi Association, Brenton Knights, has called on the Government to repeal the recent increase in Priority Bus Route (PBR) permit fees, while reassuring that fares for passengers are not expected to rise immediately.
Speaking on CNC3’s The Morning Brew yesterday, Knights warned that the doubling of the cost for a permit could place added pressure on an already strained public transport sector. He also urged the Government to engage with maxi taxi operators before implementing any further changes.
Addressing concerns about how the increase might affect passengers, Knights said the association does not want to directly pass on the cost. “Well, we don’t want to outright and tell them that, and take that stand. That is not our position as a responsible organisation. What we do, we look at the risk assessment for operational cost in terms of being viable. That will be a factor, but our operational cost is being affected from many different angles.
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