Taxi Prices in These Cities to Increase During Spring Festival!

Source: JobTube, Arianna J., Josh B., Hangzhou.com

According to media statistics, as of January 11, 2020, a total of 13 cities across the country have launched plans to increase taxi costs during the Spring Festival (January 24-30, 2020), in order to encourage taxi drivers and standardize the industry by clearly marking the price increase.

9 out of 13 cities have made it clear that taxi fares will rise during the Spring Festival. Among them, in 7 cities an extra charge will be collected besides the ride fee shown on the meter.

List of Cities

1. Huangshan central urban area, Anhui (Tunxi District, Huizhou District, Huangshan High-Tech Zone)

The temporary extra fee is 3 yuan in addition to the meter price for each trip.

2. Fuyang, Anhui

The starting price is temporarily increased for 7 days, and the maximum price is no more than 4 yuan per ride. After the increase, the starting price of a taxi is 10 yuan. During the Spring Festival taxis shall post the temporary price raise on an obvious position and return to normal immediately after the festival.

3. Jinhua, Zhejiang

During the Spring Festival, on the basis of charging by meter and distance according to the current rate standard, a maximum of 5 yuan will be charged for each ride. However, no additional charge shall be charged for a car-pulling service.

4. Huai'an, Jiangsu

An extra fee of 5 yuan per ride shall be collected during the Spring Festival.

5. Lianyungang, Jiangsu

An extra fee of 5 yuan per ride shall be collected during the Spring Festival.

6. Zhuhai, Guangdong

During the Spring Festival, the price of taxi service will be increased by grade, that is, on the basis of charging by meter and distance according to the current rate, according to the price displayed by the meter, an additional 2-10 yuan (non-cumulative) will be charged in five grades.

For example, if the meter displays 25 yuan, the floating price belongs to the second level, and thus an extra 4 yuan will be charged, so the ride fee is 29 yuan.

7. Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Hangzhou taxi service will be charged with a subsidy for the Spring Festival, which is an additional 10 yuan per ride. After adjustment, the starting price of taxi in Hangzhou during the Spring Festival is 23 yuan.

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