Taxi drivers want Cabinet to take speedy action
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/04/26
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Uber supporters protesting in Taipei Sunday April 21. (By Central News Agency)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) wrote a letter to the government to complain about its planned regulations covering ride-hailing company Uber Technologies, but taxi drivers struck back against the corporation, the United Daily News reported Friday (April 26).
The new rules would require Uber to charge hourly and daily fares instead of a rate based on the distance, while hailing a Uber car on the street would also be banned, according to government proposals initially expected to come into force Friday.
The regulations have pitted supporters of the service, including rental companies and commuters, against taxi drivers, who accuse Uber of unfair competition.
AIT’s letter, sent Thursday, criticized the requirement that after each ride, the Uber driver should return to his official site of business and the duration of one hour per ride, the United Daily News reported. Drivers and consumers would be less likely to use the app, while the rules amounted to a ban on Uber, the letter reportedly said.
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