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De­spite ex­pec­ta­tions that taxi dri­vers would re­duce fares fol­low­ing the re­cent fu­el price cut, taxi as­so­ci­a­tions say com­muters shouldn’t ex­pect any change. T&T Taxi Dri­vers’ Net­work pres­i­dent Adri­an Acos­ta said yes­ter­day that on­ly a small num­ber of dri­vers use Su­per gaso­line, which was re­duced by one dol­lar per litre ef­fec­tive Oc­to­ber 13.

He said most taxis op­er­ate on diesel or pre­mi­um fu­els, and dri­vers con­tin­ue to face high op­er­at­ing ex­pens­es.

“The ve­hi­cles that are com­ing now, which we used to work taxi, are more pre­mi­um-ori­ent­ed, so not much taxi dri­vers use su­per. I don’t think any as­so­ci­a­tion is go­ing to drop their price be­cause of the dol­lar re­duc­tion. There is still a lot of wear and tear that dri­vers face on a dai­ly ba­sis be­cause of the bad roads.”