Madrid taxi drivers protest ride-hailing services

Описание: (28 Jan 2019) Spanish police on Monday cleared away taxis that blocked a main avenue in the capital of Madrid, the latest action in a week-long standoff with authorities over the growth of app-based ride-hailing services that cab drivers say threaten their livelihood.
Taxi drivers in the capital moved their protest over the weekend from the outskirts to Castellana Avenue, in Madrid's central north-south axis.
Traffic was at a standstill during the morning commute, until police unblocked the main thoroughfare.
The drivers want the regional government in Madrid to impose tighter regulations for rides hailed through apps like Uber and Cabify.
They demand similar steps like those announced for Barcelona, where local authorities can now modify regulations to require app-based rides to be hired up to one hour in advance.
Uber and Cabify have reacted by threatening to drop their operations in Spain's second-largest city, where they say 3,500 jobs would be at risk.
Self-employed drivers working for the two platforms also occupied parts of Barcelona's main thoroughfares on Monday to urge the regional Catalan government to halt the new regulations.

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