In accordance with a choose, Uber is now working legally in Cancun after ready 4 years for a allow to take action. Cab drivers consider that Uber must be topic to the identical restrictions set out within the state’s mobility legislation as them.
Below Quintana Roo’s mobility legislation, public transportation suppliers should acquire a authorities concession to function. Nevertheless, Uber has claimed that it’s a non-public firm and never a public transportation supplier, so it solely wants a enterprise allow.
Though Uber now theoretically has permission to legally do enterprise in Cancun, the struggle is probably going not over. First, motels, the airport cab drivers’ union, and airport authorities should resolve whether or not Uber can function of their respective zones. As well as, members of quite a few cab unions have expressed their displeasure with the choice loud and clear, and a few of them plan to problem it.
As a result of escalating hostility between Uber and taxi drivers, some Uber drivers have even refused to serve clients. On some events, the battle has even led to violence. In the latest incident, a day earlier than the choice, an Uber driver selecting up vacationers from the road was allegedly attacked by cab drivers with stones.
Uber, after all, is proud of the decision after years of combating to be accepted as authorized and exempt from rules governing public transportation.
“Uber has been obtainable within the state since 2016; and at this time it’s legally confirmed what the corporate has maintained since its inception: that it doesn’t require a public transport concession to function in Quintana Roo. Yr after 12 months, we now have sought to contribute to the Quintana Roo group, and selections like this encourage us to redouble these efforts,” an announcement put out by the corporate reads.
