Taxi Driver – Digital Entrepreneur
Taxi Driver – Digital Entrepreneur
HOW ARE TAXI DRIVERS COPING WITH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION?
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE PASSENGER TRANSPORT MARKET?
WHAT DO TAXI DRIVERS EXPECT FROM THE STATE?
HOW ARE TAXI DRIVERS COPING WITH DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION?
Digital drivers using the mytaxi app are not afraid of new technologies and see clear benefits from platformization of the taxi market. They are open to innovation, and their digital skills allow for the hassle-free use of applications instead of telephone switchboards. They are also enterprising and resourceful – they quickly adapt to new market realities and appreciate the flexibility of working hours and course settlement conditions.
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE PASSENGER TRANSPORT MARKET?
Currently, there are platforms coexisting on the market that bring together licensed taxi drivers, such as mytaxi, and unlicensed drivers whose activities raise doubts from a legal perspective. The surveyed taxi drivers emphasize the unfairness of competition – Drivers who do not pay for licenses, increased passenger insurance or depreciation for a car marked as a taxi in the registration certificate, or provide passenger transport services without a work permit are willing to accept trips at a much lower price.
WHAT DO TAXI DRIVERS EXPECT FROM THE STATE?
Taxi drivers surveyed they do not deny the principle of competition on the market, but they believe that competition must be fair and the law must be clearly defined and respected – the current legal status is, in their opinion, unfavourable and unfair. They also emphasise that the lack of clear systemic solutions exposes passengers to danger, who have no guarantee that the driver has skills, a functional car and appropriate insurance.
[It is necessary] to establish such requirements to ensure the safety of taxi passengers and supervision of the carrier. The city should have control over carriers and, due to the principles of social coexistence, forms of transport without a taxi license should be sanctioned – Taxi driver
