Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/21
By: Chen Wei-ting and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, April 21 (CNA) Hundreds of Uber drivers rallied in front of the Presidential Office on Sunday to protest planned regulations that would require Uber-supported transportation services to adopt hourly or day-based fare rates and bar them from driving around looking for passengers.

Some 200 Uber vehicles parked on Ketagalan Boulevard to protest the Ministry of Transportation and Communications’ (MOTC’s) planned revision to the “Regulations for Automobile Transportation Operators.”

The amendment would add Article 103-1 to the regulations that would prohibit drivers of vehicles from rental car companies to drive around seeking passengers or schedule shifts to accommodate customers calling for a ride.

It would also require fares to be charged by the hour or the day.    [FULL  STORY]