Eventually, the country must move to eliminate entirely the subsidy on gasoline.
While a subsidy may appear to make the transportation of people and goods stable and cheaper than it would otherwise be, there is clear evidence that fuel subsidies discourage efficiency.
The argument can be made, as well, with the rate of headline inflation over 13 per cent, that the country is not deriving as much benefits as it should from subsidised transportation-primarily because the cheaper cost of fuel in T&T is offset by the length of time that people spend in traffic jams.