Reasons for Chaohu taxi strike

according to the planning of Anhui province, the original Chaohu city in Anhui province was abolished, and it was divided into three parts, namely Hefei city, Wuhu city and Maanshan city, and the merger was initially completed in September this year. The original Juchao District of Chaohu City was revoked and the county-level Chaohu City was established, which was directly under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province and hosted by Hefei City. The taxis on strike are mainly vehicles belonging to Chaohu City at the county level.

Chaohu city (county-level city) in Anhui province has 1,26 registered rental vehicles, which are affiliated with 7 taxi companies in the city.

On October 12th, 211, at 8: am, hundreds of taxis in Chaohu City gathered at Bantang Road and other major intersections in the urban area for a strike. The strike vehicle was parked at the crossroads, and the strike driver pulled up the blue slogan "To survive, to eat" at the scene, which not only caused road congestion, but also had a negative impact on the normal travel of citizens. The local police sent a large number of police officers to maintain order.

As for the reasons for the taxi strike in Chaohu City, the authorities have not yet made relevant explanations. However, some people familiar with the matter have analyzed the reasons for the taxi strike in Chaohu, which are mainly as follows:

First, it is related to the sharp drop in the price of the operating license.

As the city level of Chaohu has been reduced from prefecture-level city to county-level city, the number of people coming to Chaohu has decreased, and the business is not as good as before, which has led to the sharp drop in the price of the taxi operating license, and taxi owners have launched a strike event to safeguard their own interests.

2. Related to taxi fare

At present, the starting price of taxis in Hefei is 8 yuan (including fuel surcharge), while that in Chaohu is 6 yuan (including fuel surcharge). Some taxi owners believe that after the county-level Chaohu City is merged into Hefei City, the taxi fare should also be the same as Hefei City. Demanding an increase in freight rates is also one of the possible reasons for the strike.

Third, it is related to the recent investigation of taxi operation in Chaohu City.

Since August 26th, Chaohu City has concentrated on the inspection of taxis in nine key areas such as bus stations and railway stations in the urban area, mainly targeting at irregular business practices such as driving without a license personnel, organizing passengers to run trains, refusing to carry passengers, having no operating procedures, and arbitrarily adjusting the meter to cheat passengers. Due to the severe rectification activities, taxi owners and drivers rebounded and the strike time was launched.