COEXISTENCE: Hochen Tan said that the ride-sharing service provider, its drivers and taxi operators should be willing to work together to find space for all to survive
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 08, 2019
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
The government should ask Uber Taiwan to provide certain service data as a condition to allow it to charge more flexible rates, former minister of transportation and communications Hochen Tan (賀陳旦) said yesterday.
Hochen talked to reporters after attending a workshop organized by National Taiwan University’s Advanced Public Transportation Research Center, who asked him about issues related to Uber, as the government is scheduled to enforce an amendment to Article 103-1 — also known as the “Uber Clause” — of the Transportation Management Regulations (運輸業管理規則) on Oct. 6.
The amendment stipulates that taxi and car rental businesses should remain separate and be governed by different regulations.
If a car rental business and a ride-sharing service provider, such as Uber, wish to form a partnership, the car rental firm should submit a business plan and passengers must be charged an hourly or daily rate, the amendment states. [FULL STORY]