Drivers in the National District and Santo Domingo province have now started to apply a RD$5 increase on the shared taxi routes between Maximo Gomez Avenue and Villa Mella, and vice versa. Alfredo Pulinario (Cambita), from the Mochotran transport union and Arsenio Quevedo from Unatrafin rejected the increase in the fare saying that it was too much to ask people to pay even though the price of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) had increased by RD$7 a gallon.
Despite these comments, the drivers are applying the RD$20 to RD$25 increase, leading to complaints from passengers.