Taxi drivers and social activists asked the authorities to cancel part of the provisions of the taxi law.

The non -profit organization conducted a survey in which 7 thousand taxi drivers participated. The participants in the study indicated that the high costs and darkness of the practice of the application of the law force drivers to leave the industry or face financial losses due to fines and automobile arrests, and the obsolete requirements of the law create Risks of corruption and help drivers go out to the gray area.

According to the “digital world”, the excessive requirements of the federal law led to the fact that approximately 1 million self -employed taxi drivers entered the shadows. The appeal emphasizes that the urgent intervention of the authorities is necessary to adjust the legislation.

How to rectify the situation? Taxi drivers offer to limit the commission of aggregators to 15%, cancel medical examinations and mandatory inspections, as well as eliminate the requirements for the color of cars and ladies. In addition, they ask not to force them to register personal cars such as a taxi, which creates inconveniences for drivers who work part -time. It is also proposed to allow taxi drivers to take orders in any region without linking to the place of registration.

“In the industry, quite natural economic problems caused by inflation and other factors”, including the increase in the cost of cars and loans, noted in the organization. They asked the authorities to review the legislation to balance the interests of market participants.

• The main provisions of 580-з entered into force in September 2023. The new law allowed the self-employment to work in the field of passenger transport, but on the condition of having a contract with one of the taxi orders.

• Previously, the founder of the Taxi Maxim Taxi service, Pavel Shusharin, sent letters to Volodin and the Vice Primer Minister Vitaly Savelyev with a proposal to create the Federal Russian Taxis project. It should help form a comprehensive program for the development of a passenger taxi in Russia, including the adjustment of the use of Russian assembly cars in car transport.