Jeepney Fare Up to P8.50 Taxis, Buses Too
Rode the jeep to Walter Mart yesterday, paid exact P16 (P8 minimum fare x 2 for me and JP) and was told by the very smug driver that I had to pay another P1.
I allot P600 for commuting every month. That’s for jeepney rides, the rare bus ride, and MRT Stored value P100. Sigh. I used as P7.50 as my base when I computed that… I guess I should add about P50 or P100 more to my transportation “allowance”.
BUT… I had 2 jeepney rides today and they both charged only P8. Either:
a) not all the jeepney drivers know about the P1 price increase; or
b) I got a greedy driver yesterday.
I don’t have a TV in the pad so I don’t know if this was in the news. So I looked it up (source).
Time to adjust our commuting allowances! I wonder how much this affects the daily commuters who take a really long trip from the house going to the workplace.
PUJ, PUB, Taxis – Public transport prices up
| Jeep | P8.50 | P0.50 |
| Bus (ordinary) | P10 | P1.95 |
| Bus (aircon) | P12 | P2.34 |
| Taxi cab | Same P30 flag-down rate + P10 over meter |
Sigh, I remember filling up my car with about P47/liter… Now it’s up to ~P61? I haven’t been using my car since December 2007, maintaining, parking, and driving it in the city just wasn’t worth it even if it’s 1.3 engine.
Jeepney image by dboy
Hi Marie!
I discovered you from the TDC. I just signed up a few days ago and am going through the presessions – I have lots of cataching up to do. At this point, I'm not sure I will continue because I have earmarked another training at the same time already. Also, am not still sure which of my ideas/business/websites I will use for it, so pardon the lack of entry under the website right now. But we'll see how it goes.
I am one of those Filipinos who have gone abroad. I have no apologies for that – that's just what it is.
Anyhow, when we moved in 2003, gas price I think was P23 (not sure because I had company gas allowance). When we visited back in 2005, I can't remember the price but I remember that the jeepney fare was P5 then. Then now, it is P61. Wow…this makes cash management even more important and I'm glad this is your topic – you can help a lot of our kababayans! Keep up the good work.
Nice post! I'm stumbling. This is a great website. You young kids that grew up on computers know all the tricks!
Lisa at Greener Pastures
I remember when the fare was only 75 cents. What a long way or how fast the prices have gone up. I work in the CBD and it takes me forever to get there. I deal in PC's. Can I recommend a software you might want to check out? Its called CopyOracle. Thanks!!
I remember when the fare was only 75 cents. What a long way or how fast the prices have gone up. I work in the CBD and it takes me forever to get there. I deal in PC's. Can I recommend a software you might want to check out? Its called CopyOracle . Thanks!!
Just to add, Filipino commuters are what you can call hard nosed travelers. We should have our own modus of traveling about. Saw a nice article on http://www.travelhqr.com and it touches on frugality of traveling. Would be a nice read. Enjoy!