Deputy Director of Guangzhou Traffic Management Department: Taxi pricing is too low to harm the public

If the price is too low, it will hurt the public. The company may lay off staff and management will not be in place. The quality of the driver service will certainly decline eventually. The ultimate victim is the public. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Yuan's plan two, from the results of the hearing, the taxi price increase is almost a foregone conclusion. Yesterday, Huang Yingjin, Deputy Director of the Municipal Passenger Traffic Management Department, Guan Shaohua, Director of the City Taxi Association, and Lin Zhanxi, Taxi Management Officer of the Municipal Passenger Transport Management Office, visited the local website to discuss the tariff adjustment. During the interview, Huang Yingjin was shocking from time to time. Language, claiming that "too low a taxi price would hurt the public."

Huang Yingjin is the representative of the functional department of the hearing and Guan Shaohua is the representative of the operating company.

"The citizens who are priced too low are victims."

Huang Yingjin said that the rising price of LPG gas this year has caused great cost pressures for taxi drivers. If it does not guarantee a certain amount of income, it may affect the enthusiasm of drivers and quality of service.

“The taxi industry is not the same as other industries. It is a supplement to public transportation.” Huang Yingjin said that the so-called supplement is to serve people with special needs and the second is where buses and subways cannot reach. If the government's pricing does not allow it to survive, the function of urban public transport supplementation may be lost and affect the city.

“If the pricing is too low, it will hurt the public. The company may lay off staff and management will not be in place. In the end, the quality of the driver service will surely decline, and the safety of the vehicle may be damaged. The original inspection of the vehicle twice a week is now possible. Once or not, the final victim is the citizen."

"Lowering contract fees may harm the interests of the public"

Guan Shaohua said that taxis are service units and there is a profit margin under supervision. They must also be careful about budgeting and do a good job of management before they can reduce risks.

Huang Yingjin said that when the Price Bureau regulated the industry in 1997, it reduced the contracting fee by 400 yuan on the basis of cost supervision and review. In 2007, the contracting fee was reduced by 400 yuan. In 2008, the government introduced 8 measures to require the company to reduce the cost of 800 yuan, so the company is not inaction.

Can contract fees fall? Can not let profit to the driver? Huang Yingjin said he could not give a clear answer. He said that according to the monitoring report provided by the current price department and the association’s calculation of the taxi industry, there is not much room for profit for the company. "If you really want to squeeze into the company that cannot operate, or only 1% of profits, then you will sacrifice management and services at that time to reduce costs, protect survival, and ultimately harm the interests of the people. Therefore, the government and enterprises for this industry are The driver did a job for the public and it was not inaction."

"All people can afford to be buses."

Huang Yingjin introduced that Guangzhou has a daily average passenger traffic of more than 10 million, and taxis attract more than 1.7 million passengers each day, accounting for 15% of the total amount. It's not comparable to buses and subways. It's just a supplement to it. “I have special needs and it's used for people who can afford it and need peer-to-peer services. I saw a show a few days ago. Speaking at the same time, an old lady went to the movies in the evening and wanted to play, but it was too expensive to afford. If everyone could afford a taxi in order to go shopping for food, the taxi would not be a supplement, but it would be entirely transit-oriented. In the future, it may become impossible for everyone to use it, so this country is not determined. I only understand this aspect."

"Opening the market does not relieve the driver."

Huang Yingjin said that the more developed areas in the country have also explored liberalizing taxi operations. “The result of liberalization does not provide decompression to drivers and provide good services to the public,” he said. “For historical reasons, taxis have A special right to operate, and the early management rights are basically paid for use.After liberalization, if the rich get the right to operate, but not to drive a taxi, to the bottom of the driver is suffering, the burden is very heavy There are fewer companies and small bosses."

"On the other hand, we are using the current model. Enterprises directly set prices for drivers and countries, and they can also guarantee the rights and interests of drivers. They are not particularly vulnerable. If they are completely liberalized, they may provide poor service to the public and may also provide poor services. Cause social instability."

News link "The price of gas price linkage cycle should be studied"

Lin Zhanxi, a taxi service management department of the Guangzhou Passenger Transport Management Office, said yesterday that at the hearing, some representatives proposed that the price cycle for tariffs should be a short period of three months. The proposal is extended to six months. The price department will consider comprehensively. It is the stability of gas prices and freight rates. In addition, it is also necessary to consider the affordability of drivers. After all, if the weighted average gas price is too long, the lag period is too long. It is possible that gas prices have risen for four or five months, but the weighted average has not yet reached. Achieved, the driver must continue to withstand the pressure of rising gas prices.

According to past experience, the range of fluctuations in gas prices is still far behind the range of 0.83 yuan in the price range of gas. Therefore, if gas prices are to be tripled in three months, the likelihood is relatively small, so the next step is It will also study with the price department, what is the first case of using a weighted average price, and whether there is any restriction on the timing of the other two linkages.