Belem taxi drivers face competition from applications, but report client recovery | The economy

More than a decade after transport applications in Brazil – and eight years after entering the beleme – the Taxi drivers from paramens capital Still faces the effects of this new competition. However, with the promise of professional skills, passenger faith and a close service, they Report that category starts to grow. Amid financial difficulties, insecurity and passenger disputes, this Tuesday (22/04) Liberal Group interviewed taxi drivers bet Tradition By Regularization To continue through the city’s streets.

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Competition and transformation: postpartum illustration

In 2017, other platforms such as Uber’s arrival in Belem and 99 were designed by urban personal transport landscape. According to the Taxi Drivers’ Secretary Adillson Roldo, Para’s capital currently has about 3,200 Active Taxi powersA total of 5,500 is available.

This number is recommended by international parameters, which indicates permission for every 500 residents. However, with new transport policies, the union has agreed that this rate has been adjusted for an authority for every 1,500 residents.

“This decrease after the epidemic, many factors: deaths, dropouts, migration to other activities and changing vehicles in existing powers,” he explained.

He also has an irregular function of taxi companies, which migrated to applications without updating their legal frame.

Personalized service and reliable customers

For those on the streets, the taxi driver Julio Caesar Santos, with a 25 -year steering wheel, is under the quality of service.

“Applications have a taxi driver. We have taken experts, we have taken taxi and tourism courses. We have taken the suitcase, we have taken four or five passengers. There are clients who have returned to the taxi, because he is disappointed with the service of the applications.”

Julio Caesar Santas. (Photo: Thiago Gomes)

Julio believes that confidence in the taxi driver is more than the price, especially when the economy is tightened. “Cheap expensive. Apps also charge fuel even less. But we know where to complain to our client. He knows that we are being controlled.”

Challenges: from traffic to fear

Avenida recalls the difficulties faced by Claudio Ezquil from Portugal Taxi drivers with May 13 (ATP 13). “First, we suffered. The demand has fallen. But now, we are recovering our clients,” he said.

For him, the differential is also in the passenger performance and care:

“There is a lot of complaining as a poorly dressed, dirty car driver. We work with a clean car, good clothes. It tells it.”

However, there are still a lot of challenges: traffic jams, high operating costs and especially insecurity. “There was a colleague who had not worked overnight. Recently, two were robbed,” said Julio Caesar.

Claudio ezquill. (Photo: Thiago Gomes)

The hope of proposals and reconstruction

The Taxi Drivers Union has proposed Segbell (Security, Public Order and Mobility Municipal Secretariat, Public Order and Mobility) in the Taxi Service Regulation. The idea is to modernize this sector with new rules to grant and start powers for electric vehicles or SUVs.

Between the Comings and Going, this category bets on the regular resume of clients. “The taxi has been over 100 years since the existence of it. And who likes it, is still taking taxi. We will continue to fight,” Claio said.