Carpool · Taxi symbiosis … Finnish and Japanese governments actively pursue

Internationally, conflicts between Japan and Finland, such as carpool services, have recently introduced legislation and regulations that compromise the conflict between ICT companies (information technology). and communication) and the taxi industry. This is an attempt to find ways to coexist with existing taxi operators by introducing vehicle sharing services, but the government has put in place appropriate regulations.

In Japan, the start-up "Aztute" launched a carpooling service "Crew" and started the pilot service in Tokyo. The smartphone app "Crew" (Application) is for drivers who want to drive with pbadengers who want to drive. It is a controversial model of vehicle sharing service of "Uber style" in Korea.

Sohn Jung, president of Softbank Japan, has violated the current Japanese law, which prohibits constituency sharing at a press conference in July. "Japan, in this stupid country (where Ryde shares are banned), is blocking evolution in the future," said Son. Didy Mobility Japan, a joint venture between Softbank and China DoDingSing, has been running a shared pooling service in Osaka, Japan, since last month. [ANN 뉴스 캡처]

However, the law prohibits Japan, like Korea, from paying fees for its guests. It is because of the decision of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport that the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs of Korea has authorized the service in this atmosphere.

The Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure and Transportation has issued an affirmative interpretation that "if a customer voluntarily pays money in the sense of a business, it will not be considered a transportation. paid "and" it is not necessary to follow the procedure of registration or authorization of the transport law ". Instead of using the service charge (for driving), the "crew" charged the driver the actual costs such as the price of oil, the toll charges. The cost depends on the pbadenger.

The attitude of the Japanese government, which was negative for the carpool service, has changed dramatically due to public opinion favorable to the car sharing service. In Japan, the term MaaS (mbad mobility as a service) has become popular in recent years, rather than owning a car. Prior to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the problem of disparity in demand and supply of taxi services and improved services was glaring.

The Japanese group Softbank and Doi Mobility Japan, a joint venture between Doi Ting Tsing and China's largest car sharing service, also launched a taxi app in Osaka last month. Sohn Jung-sik, president of Softbank, said at a press conference in July that he directly accused the government of having said: "Japan is a stupid country (where the services of bus sharing are forbidden) ".

While public opinion on the carpool service was turning favorably, the Japanese taxi industry started offering taxi reform books. Japan National Taxi, Japan's largest taxi operator, facilitates the sending of taxis, advance payments and the replacement of old taxis. Japan Transport and Yamato Transport are preparing a service allowing several guests to join a taxi.

Japan Taxi, operated by Japan Transportation, the first taxi operator in Japan, is the largest app for taxi calls in Japan. Three of the ten taxis in Japan use this app. As the demand for new ridesharing services, such as Uber, increases, Japanese taxi operators are renewing themselves by improving their services and replacing old taxis. [사진 재팬택시]

In Finland, Uber, which had been banned in Korea because it was illegal, resumed service in July. A year ago, illegal services were allowed because of the Finnish government's decision to treat the highway code.

The revised Finnish Traffic Act removed the total number of taxi licenses granted by the government. If you want to become an Uber driver, you can get a government-issued taxi driver's license. Taking into account the opposition of existing taxi operators, taxi fares have also been decided by taxi operators to be determined autonomously. The British government has also reauthorized the Uber trade after 15 months of June.

Egypt and Brazil are trying to allow ridesharing services, but are trying to prevent various side effects from taking over the service by providing for various laws. In Korea, critics are being raised that "the constituency sharing service is not safe" or "the work created by the constituency sharing service is not stable and the quality of the constituency sharing service is not stable". employment is lower ".

In May, the Egyptian Parliament pbaded a new bill containing rules for the sharing of service charges and data for pbadenger sharing companies. According to the bill, bus sharing companies must renew their licenses every five years to get about 30 million pounds in Egyptian pounds. They must have user data for at least six months and share it with the government at the request of the Egyptian authorities.

Professor Damian Geradin, Professor at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands, at the OECD meeting in Paris, France, in June. "This is not a zero-sum game where taxi drivers lose money because the number of drivers operating via the carpool application is increasing," said Professor Gerardin. . [사진 OECD]

In March, taxi companies began the process of blocking Egypt, saying the court would "stop sharing Uber, Karim and others." Egypt is the biggest consumer of Arabs with 4 million pbadenger sharing services and 150,000 drivers.

Uber and local businessman Karim persuaded the Egyptian government to "create more than 100,000 jobs for Egyptians and contribute to the technological ecosystem", and the government finally authorized this service .

The Brazilian government has adopted a policy guaranteeing stable employment for shared service drivers. Brazilian President Mike Sheeher signed a bill to change the "shared driver rating" in March. Detailed rules on carpooling services have been made available to local authorities and all drivers should be eligible for social security benefits.

In the United States, new services such as Uber were launched in New York in 2012. The number of existing taxis, called "Yellow Taxi", remained similar, but the supply of vehicles via the app carpool has increased significantly. [사진 TLC]

The OECD debate over the controversy surrounding the carpool service held in Paris in June stated that it was not necessary to "tackle the conflicts of the condominium industry and the taxis with zero-sum games ". Professor Damian Geradin, a Dutch professor in Tilburg, pointed out that "the mistake of taxi drivers is wrong because of the increase in the number of drivers operating on the carpool application." "The number of vehicles sharing car service has increased significantly since the introduction of Über in 2012, but the number of existing taxis has remained similar until 2018," said New York Taxi Limousine Office (TLC). Hee Sun Young, [email protected]