One-Way Ticket: Why Do Suburban Minibus Prices Rise But Never Fall?

Cartoon by Olexandr Sydorenko.

Recently, one of "Gromada's" editors was returning from a business trip to the region. A routine trip on an inter-district bus turned into a session of "shock therapy." While passengers were habitually grumbling about the latest price hike — by a full ten hryvnias — he began to wonder: has there been even a single situation in our recent history where, after market stabilization, the fare returned to its previous level?