Not only for Munich women: women night taxi starts - there are, however, restrictions

The Women's Night Taxi in Munich will go into operation on March 1, 2020. The offer is not only for Munich women. There is one limitation.

• The women's night taxi in Munich is a done deal.
• It will start operations on March 1, 2020.
• The vouchers for the taxis are not only valid for Munich women.

Update from February 27 , 2020 : Now it is clear: From Sunday ( March 1st) women will receive a grant from the city for night taxi rides in Munich . Between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., you can redeem a voucher worth five euros per trip if you are transported to a residential address.

" Women who are on their way home alone at night often feel insecure, especially when there are few people or no one on the street," said Mayor Dieter Reiter ( SPD ) when the first vouchers were issued on Thursday (February 27). , "Even the vague feeling of fear restricts your own freedom of movement."

Munich: Vouchers for women night taxis also apply to destinations outside the city

The vouchers are not only valid for Munich women . All women aged 16 and over can take advantage of the offer if they get into a taxi within the city limits. The destination can then be outside of Munich . The vouchers are not accepted for trips to clubs or bars, for example. According to the city, the destination must be a residential address .

According to the Greens, Munich is a pioneer among cities with more than one million inhabitants in the city ​​council with these vouchers for women night taxis . The state capital will cost the project one million euros , which will initially be tried out for a year.

If it continues, a digital solution via a cell phone app is also conceivable. The vouchers will be displayed in city institutions such as the citizens' offices or the city information in the town hall on Marienplatz . However, each woman only receives three vouchers per visit, the city said.

Munich: Greens had already applied for Women's Night Taxi in 2015 - "You just have to wait until ..."

Update from November 27, 2019: Green Group leader Florian Roth could not resist a swipe at the GroKo: "We now see it positively when meaningful things that we asked for, but which were then delayed for years, suddenly disappear completely are possible quickly because voters will soon be asked to vote. "

In fact, the Greens had already applied for a women night taxi in 2015, but to no avail (see the origin report). "You just have to wait until the campaign is over," said Roth.

So now: Munich gets a women night taxi

Statement of origin from October 10, 2019:

Munich - Munich's public transport is well positioned - buses and trams run even at night. But the night lines do not reach every corner of the city. Taxis already and in Munich they are part of local public transport. The Greens had long ago applied to introduce so-called women's taxis in Munich and to do the same as cities like Hanover. The concept has existed in Lower Saxony since 1994.

It provides for the city to subsidize trips by women who want to take a taxi home or to the next stop safely at night instead of walking. Or because the ladies cannot afford the taxi. Most recently, however, the district administration department (KVR) of Chef Thomas Böhle (SPD) rejected the concept - also with reference to the Isartig, the taxi service of the Munich Transport Company (MVG). Now the SPD faction will support it.

The taxi commission voted unanimously for a pilot project yesterday. The city council has yet to decide, but approval is considered secure. Introduction would be from January 1, 2021. Unlike in Hanover, Munich plans to not use the women's night taxi to connect to the public transport stops, it can be boarded anywhere in the city, but the destination of the trip may also be are located outside, and it should be a residential address, so that "disco shopping" should be avoided.

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Munich: Women's night taxi is introduced - that's how the billing works

The offer is aimed at women aged 16 and over on all weekdays between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. When paying for the trip, the women can then give a voucher. This has a value of five euros, in Hanover 2.50 euros. From January 1, women in Munich can then pick up up to three of these bills from citizens' offices, social housing, the equality office or city information.

The taxi drivers then in turn reduce the travel amount by five euros and settle the difference with the city. The administration calculated at a cost of around one million euros. The project will initially run for one year, the administration will be commissioned to carry out an evaluation, which the city council will then deal with again. SPD parliamentary group deputy Christian Vorländer told our newspaper: “We are convinced of the concept. The offer is well suited to increase the feeling of security for women. We are confident that the offer will also be used. "

"Concept can be implemented quickly"

Frank Kuhle, head of Taxi München eG, is happy about the new offer.

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SPD City Councilor Bettina Messinger said yesterday: “It is an unbureaucratic solution. Even if Munich is the safest metropolis, it is important that we contribute to improving the subjective feeling of security. ”The project is also well received by the Munich taxi drivers.

Frank Kuhle, head of Taxi München eG, said on request: “The concept can be implemented quickly and enables easy boarding. The project will certainly be welcomed. ”If this were the case, you could also consider switching from the vouchers to an app solution. "In any case, we make a positive contribution to the safety of our women."