A row of electric bicycles around Meskel square charges 20 Br per round trip for prospective passengers. While these bicycles require the issuance of IDs as collateral, digital payments are what it takes in most of the developed North. The recent ban on three-wheeled rickshaws from the streets of the capital has created a transport vacuum for the largely pedestrian population. The PM told Parliament last week that 20 billion Br was required to facilitate the fuel subsidies in the past six months. Gradual removal fuel prices have seen the price of a litre go to 60 Br nearly three times its amount two years ago.
