Regular gasoline cost 5,150 riel (1.27 U.S. dollars) per liter on Thursday, while diesel cost 5,500 riel (1.36 dollars), according to the Ministry of Commerce's oil price list.
The figures indicated that the prices of regular petrol and diesel rose 9.5 percent and 23.5 percent respectively compared to the prices dated in mid-February.
Suon Sam Ath, a 49-year-old driver for the Phnom Penh City Bus Authority, said many commuters, particularly students, have switched to using public bus services to save on personal fuel costs.
"In each trip, there are about 30 passengers or over, depending on rush or normal hours, so it means that the ridership has remarkably increased," he told Xinhua. "Previously, sometimes, there was only one passenger or sometimes, there wasn't even a passenger."
Eam Savuth, a 23-year-old university student, said he had shifted to using city bus services recently after fuel prices have hiked.
"I travel by city bus because it helps reduce my expense, as we all know gasoline prices have currently skyrocketed," he told Xinhua. "Riding city bus costs only 1,500 riel (0.37 U.S. cents) for a single trip, and it's comfortable because the air-cons are pretty good."
"If we ride a motorcycle, it's hot and wet when there is rain, and it also costs a lot," Savuth said.
Sok Savoeun, a 43-year-old housewife, said that traveling by city bus costs little money and is safe.
"If we use our own car or motorcycle, it consumes a lot of gasoline," she told Xinhua. "It costs 1,500 riel (0.37 U.S. cents) only (for a single trip), and if I take a motor-taxi, it costs from 30,000 riel (7.5 dollars) to 50,000 riel (12.5 dollars)."
The city bus services have resumed their operation since November last year after a nearly two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. City buses used to serve passengers are among the 98 Yutong "smart" buses that the Chinese government donated to Cambodia in July 2017.
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