In the background of the driver's protest: Implementation of the taxi reform will be rejected in two months

In coordination with the finance and transport ministers, Netanyahu ordered the move with the aim of continuing the contacts with the taxi drivers' representatives, who strongly oppose the new method to increase city travel while reducing inter-city travel

In the background of the driver's protest: Implementation of the taxi reform will be rejected in two months

In the background of the protests, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ordered the deferral of tax reform, in coordination with Minister of Transport Bezalel Smutrich and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon. The prime minister and ministers this morning signed a decree extending the preparatory period for the implementation of the reform for another two months, in order to continue to conduct contacts with representatives of taxi drivers.

Danny Brenner, a retired journalist and taxi owner who works daily at Ben Gurion Airport, tells Walla! NEWS that it "welcomes the decision to postpone the implementation of the reform until after the elections," as it were. He said that "the prime minister also found that the reform was hasty and irresponsible." He explains that "in the next two months the issue will be re-examined in depth in cooperation with the headquarters of the taxi organizations and I hope that the right way is found. We are not against reform but in no way can our livelihood be impaired."

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The new tariff method for taxis and the Ministry of Transport came into effect at the beginning of the year. The new method should increase transparency in calculating the cost of a taxi, allow the passenger to estimate its cost in advance, based on time and distance, and more accurately reflect the cost to the taxi driver.

Taxi drivers are staunchly opposed to the new method that will increase city travel, while reducing inter-city travel. In recent weeks, they have held several protests against the new fares, one of them disabling the service at Ben Gurion Airport, another time leaving a convoy on Tel Aviv streets and threatening to launch a general strike in the coming days.

Depending on the distance and travel time: this is the new price you will pay for taxi travel