B-C Taxi Association calling on the province for help amidst record high gas prices

The record-high price of gas has the B-C Taxi Association calling on the province for help.

Association president Mohan Kang says that unlike people in many jobs, cab drivers can't avoid being on the road but that's getting tough as a litre of gas has shot to nearly two-dollars and 10 cents in parts of Metro Vancouver.

Taxi meter prices are regulated by the Passenger Transportation Board, and Kang says it has the power to step in and allow a temporary fuel surcharge on taxi fares.

The board says its annual taxi and limo cost index review is underway to identify room for a potential rate hike for taxis based on the consumer price index, which is used to measure inflation.