2024-08-05 09:15:02
Following the announcement by the Mobility Institute of the State of Quintana Roo (Imoveqroo) that there are only four digital transport platforms authorized to operate in the entity: Didi, InDrive, Move y Hello taxi (belonging to the union of taxi drivers “Andrés Quintana Roo”), demanded that the head of the department explain the reasons for this decision.
“Several colleagues who are in Uber are also on the InDrive and Didi platforms. I don’t know what the authority’s desire is, when the requirements are exactly the same. I need them to explain to me what the difference is,” said Águeda Soto Esperilla, spokesperson for the application platform in Cancun.
For his part, the general director of the Imoveqroo, Rodrigo Alcazar Urrutia, He explained that because the company is in the middle of a federal trial, after filing for protection against the Quintana Roo Mobility Lawcannot be taken into account.
“Once the litigation is resolved, an analysis will be made of whether it meets the requirements established by law and regulations to be authorized,” he said, and clarified that for the moment they can continue to provide the service thanks to the federal protection they have.ntan.
Uber opera and Quintana Roo since 2016, although 18 months later, due to pressure from local authorities and taxi drivers, it suspended its activity and resumed service in June 2019, after obtaining on December 4, 2018 a federal injunction against the modification to the local Mobility Law that forced them to request a concession, litigation that is still ongoing.
Director of Imoveqroo He also said that for the moment only those four companies are authorized in the entity, but that they are waiting for more platforms to be launched and for their drivers to obtain their permits to operate.
As regards the requirements that both platforms and drivers must meet, Urrutia Alcazar He specified that drivers must have a permit from the institute, while the platforms have to present their operator registry every three months, the documentation established by the regulation and share information in real time, “everything is specified in the law.”
And he remembered that there is a modality a license specifically for drivers of digital companies.
In response to this, Soto Esperilla commented that the appeals will be resolved, although it may take years, but he described what the state government is asking for as absurd and even considered it as obstacles to not allowing Uber service in the state.
“They are even asking for a special driving license for platforms, which is illegal and is only used to make more money, and in this regard they have had to file for injunctions.
There is no way to negotiate with the authorities, they only look out for their own benefit and interests, without caring about the image of tourism,” he concluded.
Regarding the meeting they were going to hold with the National Guard, on the subject of operations Uber in it Cancun International Airport Since it is a federal zone, it was postponed until this Friday, “we have to wait,” while Uber continues to work in the city without problems.
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2024-08-05 09:15:02