{"id":502789,"date":"2026-03-23T18:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/drivers-warn-they-will-not-be-able-to-maintain-fares-and-are-evaluating-a-fare-increase\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:23:33","slug":"drivers-warn-they-will-not-be-able-to-maintain-fares-and-are-evaluating-a-fare-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/drivers-warn-they-will-not-be-able-to-maintain-fares-and-are-evaluating-a-fare-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers warn they will not be able to maintain fares and are evaluating a fare increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>.\u2013 The recent speech by President Luis Abinader has raised alarms in the transportation sector, where public transport drivers claim they are analyzing a possible increase in the fare due to the increase in operating costs.\n\nAccording to the drivers, the situation has become unsustainable, especially due to the increases in fuel prices, which prevents them from maintaining the current fare for much longer without affecting their profitability.\n\nAmidst the uncertainty, some drivers warn that an increase could translate into the loss of passengers compared to other transportation alternatives.\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@deultimominutotv\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@deultimominutotv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>You can also read: <\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/choferes-alertan-por-desvio\/\"><strong>Drivers warn of irregular diversion in the corridor<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe see it today as expensive at 35; if they raise it by one more, many passengers are going to be lost within what is the public transport, the engines and Uber. The public transport route is going to collapse. The president must find a way to address that,\u201d expressed driver Carlos.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nOther drivers, meanwhile, acknowledge that the measure would directly affect users, although they insist that the increase would be inevitable given the rise in fuel.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\"Of course it's going to affect him a lot, since after one has lowered the flow of everything and with high fuel, one would have to mistreat the user by raising the transport,\" said another driver.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nLikewise, there are those who believe that the increase in the fare is a direct consequence of the rise in fuel prices and that it must be applied in order to sustain the service.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe right thing is to increase it, imagine, from 210 and go up to 240, obviously the fare has to go up,\u201d Marcos affirmed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nMeanwhile, public transport users warn that an increase in the fare would represent an additional blow to the family economy, amid the high cost of living.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"629504\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-03-23-181725.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-629504\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"629503\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-03-23-181745.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-629503\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 The recent speech by President Luis Abinader has raised alarms in the transportation sector, where public transport drivers claim they are analyzing a possible increase in the fare due to the increase in operating costs. According to the drivers, the situation has become unsustainable, especially due to the increases in fuel prices, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133543,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-502789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Carolina Alvarez","author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c41b7d2513f99fce290b3781fa561c1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502789"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502791,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502789\/revisions\/502791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}