Will we pay more? Budapest taxi drivers demand fare increase – protest started
Budapest taxi drivers held another demonstration in Budapest with dozens of cars near City Hall on Wednesday.
Several of the protesters entered the Budapest General Assembly, but the mayor did not allow them to read out their demands at the meeting. Meanwhile, taxi drivers gathered in other parts of the city centre to slow down traffic, the Hungarian News Agency wrote.
Norbert Váczi of the Budapest Taxi Drivers Association said their demands were the same as a month ago, including a fare increase, a freeze of the number of taxi drivers and the elimination of illegal passenger transport. Negotiations have made no progress, so the protesters want to keep up the pressure until they see results, he said.
The protest will continue for three days slowing down traffic in several parts of Budapest.
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As with everything in life, there’s no harm in asking, but you might not get. The Budapest taxi trade presently does good business arising from poor transport connections between the airport and the city but these days are numbered and then what? I don’t doubt that the introduction of regular, direct buses running 24 hours a day has already served to harm their trade, the arrival of train links will demolish what’s left of it. Thereafter they’re dependent on trying to offer their services to the city’s residents, few of whom can afford taxis at current prices and even fewer can if they raise them even further. High costs and too many drivers might be a genuine issue but this won’t be resolved by hiking fares. I can already take an Uber in London for the same price as an official taxi in Budapest.