Taxis, Geneva Airport
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Several taxi drivers in Geneva are not working Monday morning 11 January in protest against a proposed change to the law, reports the Tribune de Genève, but not all companies have gone along with the strike. There are currently two proposals, and the group Mouvement citoyens genevois is preparing a third, according to the Geneva newspaper. One of the main issues is the current distinction between public taxis and private ones, with only the first group allowed to use taxi lanes and to benefit from other privileges. Taxis from France and from other Swiss cantons are also not accorded the same privileges as the public taxis.
Public debates in the past over the public/private taxis distinction have centred around complaints that there is too little competition and high prices.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 11 January 2010.
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Tags: airport, Geneva, private, public, strike, Switzerland, taxis