{"id":8062,"date":"2018-06-01T23:21:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T22:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=8062"},"modified":"2018-06-01T23:21:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T22:21:20","slug":"transport-fares-to-go-up-by-10-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8062","title":{"rendered":"Transport fares to go up by 10% \u2013 Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8063\" src=\"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/trotro-Ghana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/trotro-Ghana.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/trotro-Ghana-410x292.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Transport operators have increased fares by 10 percent across all categories of services.<\/p>\n<p>The new fare will take effect from Monday 4<sup>th<\/sup>June 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In press release copied to\u00a0Citi FM, the Road Transportation Operators stated that the increase is to help drivers bear the cost of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn line with the Administrative Arrangement on Public Transport Fares, the Roads Transport Operators have reviewed the prices of the various components that go into the running of commercial transport service and have increased public transport fares by 10% across all categories of the services. This is to accommodate predominantly\u00a0 increase in the price of fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Public service transportation areas that would be affected by 10 percent increase include, Intracity (Tro-Tro), Intercity(Long Distance) and shared taxis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-407239\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Increased.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Increased.jpg 367w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Increased-208x300.jpg 208w\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"1105\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Road Transportation Operators\u00a0stated that the initial increment was 15 percent, but upon consultation with the government, they settled on 10 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Road Transportation Operators are urging all Ghanaians to comply with the new fare to avoid any public confrontation at public transportation station and stops.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-407240\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Increased-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Increased-1.jpg 354w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Increased-1-300x253.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"778\" height=\"657\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though we would have preferred an increase of 15 percent, upon consultation with Government, we have agreed to a 10% increase. The government has assured us that it will continue with the effort to prevent a steep rise in input cost. We, therefore, encourage the government to keep to its commitment in this regards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-407241\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Incresed-2.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Incresed-2.jpg 367w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Incresed-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Incresed-2-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Fare-Incresed-2-60x60.jpg 60w\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"795\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transport operators have increased fares by 10 percent across all categories of services. The new fare will take effect from Monday 4thJune 2018. In press release copied to\u00a0Citi FM, the Road Transportation Operators stated that the increase is to help drivers bear the cost of fuel. \u201cIn line with the Administrative Arrangement on Public Transport [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Transport fares to go up by 10% \u2013 Operators - Kumasi Online TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8062\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transport fares to go up by 10% \u2013 Operators - Kumasi Online TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Transport operators have increased fares by 10 percent across all categories of services. 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