Free Rides in My City

@Vree0937 I do agree that the gasoline price spikes here lately. So the local government had this free ride implemented.

@cacay1 That's nice. It means it started before the pandemic, isn't it?

@Shavkat free ride helps a lot

@Shavkat Which makes us surmise that the taxes we pay are really more than enough to sustain the citizens' needs. There are funds for our health care, funds for our public utility services, funds for our city landscapes conducive for the betterment of our being.... etc. Except that our coffers had been robbed by inside job. Grrrr. This pandemia has proven that the government could afford taking care of all a hundred million of us, if only the robbers did not get so greedy. The public need not thank the government for the free rides. It is our taxes that worked for us.

@eileenleyva I agree. Even the availability of the vaccines, they had provided to the locals.

I am glad that it also happens there. I sometimes see them park and refraining themselves not to let the locals ride on these free ride buses. I think I need to investigate more about this claim.

I sometimes cannot ride on them because they are only a few buses like this here. It was during the pandemic that they started to come out in public. Last week, I saw two vans that provide free rides, too. However, I prefer not to ride them. Why? Vans are so enclosed compared to mini-buses.

@cacay1 I do agree with you. I prefer to walk most of the time than riding on them.

I think this is only implemented in provinces.

@Shavkat aw, we are excluded in the metro

@cacay1 I am glad that we are living in the provinces. I hope it will happen there @rakski

It is also given that the senior citizens will be having free rides. I prefer that my mom not ride public transportations like this, except for the taxi. It is best for her to ride a taxi because it is safer from having coronavirus.

@cacay1 My mom does not go out since the second shot of her vaccine.

I agree. They actually increased the gasoline prices when implemented this.

@Shavkat now that is an interesting way to do it

At some point, it can be said. There is nothing free anymore. The drivers of these mini-buses were paid by the local government here.

It is also the same thing here. The local public transportations, such as jeepneys, taxis and that includes mini-buses went up to their fares. If I cannot see this kind of bus, I prefer to do brisk walking.

@cacay1 I agree with you.