In the cities of Russia, taxi services continue to increase, but the cost for one kilometer and one minute did not change the trip: what is the problem and why the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) became an increase in the tariff?
According to experts, over the past six months, prices jumped by 50-70%. Some experts are confident that the cost increase is not related to the weather and there are other reasons.
"The increase in the cost of the trips began not in the current, and last year: in three quarters of 2020, the average check rose from 417 rubles to 457 rubles. The main factors that stimulated this situation were the lack of drivers in connection with the recent tightening of the requirements for citizenship and license of motorists, complex weather and road conditions - after removal of restrictions due to the pandemic, the transport flow increased at times, "says the head of the press service of the car dealerships Fresh auto Anastasia Kamyshnikova, reports "World 24".
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of trips decreased due to the transition of people to the remote mode of operation. Therefore, the most expensive days for traveling periods of the day - Morning and evening equated on the workload of the roads to travel on weekends, even though roads in megalopolises are practically free, Kamyshnikova explains.
"In conditions when passengers are smaller than drivers, the aggregators were forced to reduce prices to stay in the market. At the same time, the aggregators themselves assure that the cost of 1 kilometer and 1 minute they did not adjust, just a low average speed of movement in the city in the snowfall makes the cost of traveling much higher compared to the same afternoon, but with good weather. At the moment, this question checks the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), "says the representative of Fresh Auto.
The rising coefficient on the taxi factor is most often valid in bad weather: people "order cars" in order not to get into the rain, and the number of drivers who want to work in poor visibility conditions is sharply reduced.
"Therefore, we can say that the dynamics of transport prices has seasonality. However, according to user reviews, prices are growing not only under the influence of climate: for example, on June 1, 2020, the rising coefficients acted not only during the peak hours and bad weather. At the same time, it may be associated with the festive day and mitigation of restrictive measures, "says Anastasia Kamyshnikova.
Professor of the Faculty of Economics, Rudn Lyudmila Shkvarya invites the following classification of taxi prices:
- simultaneous growth (due to rain, frost, holidays);
- Basic growth (associated with inflation, dollar course and other macroeconomic factors).
In addition, there are legal factors, such as changes in legislation and new requirements. However, according to Skvari, they "do not work and do not affect the pricing."
"The price policy in a taxi depends solely on demand and suggestions. Seasonality in this business is secondary. Indeed, in the Detaramemic years, the demand fell in summer, especially in July - August, because of the country's period. In 2020, a decrease in the number of people was compensated by the increase in the number of trips, "concludes Shkwar.
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