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- The following will be the cities of Barcelona and the Costa del Sol
- The summer of controversy between taxi drivers, Uber and Cabify
Uber users in Madrid will finally be able to pay in cash. Every time they hire a car service from this company, they will have the opportunity to use hard cash to pay drivers, an option that adds to the electronic payment options that were already available from the start.
Users who connect to the application to contract a trip will see the price of the cost per trip and will then be able to choose a payment method. In reality, this modality will only be distinguished from electronic payment by the fact that the customer will have to pay the amount of the trip upon arrival at their destination, instead of doing so directly from the application and by card.
In addition, as usual, as soon as they leave the car and as happens when paying by card, they will receive a summary of the entire journey and information related to both with the vehicle, as well as with the driver of the vehicle. This means that the fact that it is paid in cash will not modify the contracting of the trip at all.
In other words, as with card payments, the routes will be pre-booked beforehand and always through the application . It is the way to guarantee that there is always a record of all the trips made, regardless of the payment method.
The following will be the cities of Barcelona and the Costa del Sol
Uber is thinking of expanding the possibility of making cash payments for Uber customers in other cities and not only in Madrid.It is hoped that this service, which by the way is already available in other cities around the world, can start operating both in Barcelona and in different cities on the Costa del Sol where Uber cars also circulate.
In addition, Uber has explained that it is working to prevent some drivers from ignoring the company's own regulations, which consists of always making pre-contracted trips through the aplicación For this reason, a campaign will be launched aimed at VTC vehicle drivers, with the aim of never attracting customers on public roads.
The summer of controversy between taxi drivers, Uber and Cabify
This novelty in the payment system comes after taxi drivers, Uber and Cabify have starred in one of the most bitter and famous controversies of the summer.At the end of July, taxi drivers staged a major mobilization in the city of Barcelona, with the aim of protest and obtain measures against VTC vehicles.
The main operators in the VTC sector, Uber and Cabify, had to paralyze services for a few days, after experiencing scenes of violence in the streetsThe taxi drivers signed a truce on August 1, but the truth is that the spirits have not calmed down at all.
Taxi drivers are still on the warpath, with the aim of guaranteeing the limit of one VTC for every 30 taxis. If they do not succeed, they have promised that after the summer they will continue with the protests in the streets. But be careful, in this war not only the taxi drivers of the capital of the Condal are fighting. In the rest of the territory they have shown solidarity with them, because the truth is that they live an identical reality.
As identical as many other countries.In the European Union and the United States, lifelong taxi drivers are also fighting to resolve this newly created conflict. And in some places they do. In New York City, for example, Uber or Lyft licenses have been frozen, which is certainly giving the industry a bit of air.
The licensing problem is especially serious in large cities. Thus, we know that in England 27% of the licenses belong to taxis, while the remaining 73% are from VTC. There are the drivers of Uber, Addison or Lee, making the situation untenable for taxi drivers struggling to survive.
