{"id":208882,"date":"2019-11-08T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T18:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=208882"},"modified":"2019-11-08T13:20:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T18:20:02","slug":"license-for-private-taxi-drivers-in-cuba-changes-experiment-comes-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/license-for-private-taxi-drivers-in-cuba-changes-experiment-comes-to-an-end\/","title":{"rendered":"License for private taxi drivers in Cuba changes, experiment comes to an end"},"content":{"rendered":"

Private taxi drivers will no longer have to choose between providing their services on a certain route, or freely, with the joining of these two modalities into a single type of license, called \u201cregular.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the changes in the regulations of the Transportation Operation License announced this Wednesday by the island\u2019s authorities, private passenger transportation workers who apply for this modality will be able to have access to fuel at \u201cpreferential prices,\u201d the daily Granma <\/em><\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe regular mode is the passenger or cargo transportation to a destination in an authorized route that charges for that transportation, taking into account the limit of the maximum prices established by the Administration Councils, and can provide a home pick-up service (at the request of the user) and cannot provide high comfort or classic service,\u201d said Cuban First Deputy Minister of Transportation Marta Oramas.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the new name of the license the distinction between \u201croute taxis\u201d and \u201cfree taxis\u201d ends, which was part of an experiment implemented in Havana since 2018, and which set preferential prices for route taxi drivers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Experimento en el transporte privado de La Habana<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n