US EditionRide-Hailing Services Will Slowly Disappear in Barcelona Due to New Taxi Law
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The new law proposed by the Generalitat includes that urban VTC licenses will gradually disappear and that journeys within the metropolitan area will be left in the hands of taxis.
The future taxi law foresees eliminating the activity of the transport vehicles with driver (VTC) in the urban environment, which will be reserved exclusively for the taxi service. It will also require a minimum level of Catalan to the drivers, while all the activity of the vehicles will be controlled remotely to avoid violations.
The Generalitat will present the proposal for a new taxi law to the Taxi Council on Tuesday, with the intention of registering it in parliament next week. According to a statement by Plataforma per la Llengua, the law will require taxi drivers to have a minimum level of Catalan. The text has the support of the government and several political groups and is expected to be applied retroactively, so this requirement will also be required of drivers…
Platform for the Language and Élite Taxi call for increasing the required level from B1 to B2
Els taxistes de Catalunya hauran de saber català - Diari de la llengua
El Parlament registrarà aquesta setmana un text impulsat per Plataforma per la Llengua i Élite Taxi que exigeix als conductors de taxis i de VTC un B1 en la llengua pròpia La nova proposta de llei del taxi i de les VTC que el govern de Catalunya presentarà aquest dimarts al Consell del Taxi i
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