Taxi drivers protest again in the city against Uber and Cabify

Once again severe complications to circulate in downtown Buenos Aires, as shown by taxi drivers in the city, refusing the operation of the applications Uber and Cabify From noon drivers grouped in the civil association United taxi drivers, directed by Marcelo Boeri, they concentrate with their cars in the immediate vicinity of the July 9 first at intersections with Córdoba and Belgrano avenues.

Pilots are mobilized for the second day in a row. On Tuesday, the workers regrouped in the taxi pawns union (SPT) which he heads Omar Viviani they carried out a series of cuts between 9 and 11 in different accesses to the city, always in protest of the services of Uber and Cabify, who denounce their illegal work.

The United Taxi drivers explained that there were cars in both hands from 9 July and that a massive participation of the drivers was expected, in a mobilization that would ensure the maintenance. "indefinite time", until the authorities comply with their requests. They specify that there will be no interruption of traffic in the Metrobus, Carlos Pellegrini and Bernardo de Irigoyen and Cerrito and Lima.

Drivers reject Uber and Cabify's transportation services because they warn that they operate illegally, against the "regulated service" provided by taxi services. They explained that since these digital platforms began to operate, several taxi companies have closed and others are doing so.

They recalled that Uber is only allowed to provide services that in Mendoza and that, in the case of Cabify, although they are only allowed to work with 2 500 drivers in the city, they also operate in the province of Buenos Aires. They consider that the controls of these applications in the federal capital "are very bad" and that is why they demand that they "reinforce themselves and become real".