Many cities had abolished taxi operating royalties, abolished the 98 edition of the "Urban Taxi Management Measures", and adjusted the pricing of "molecular money"… Since March, taxi reform measures have been taken frequently in various places.
Taxi reform is already on the way, and breakthroughs have been made in terms of operating rights, "molecular money", and the legality of online car-hailing. The reporter sorted out some local practices to see the trend of taxi reform.
The right to operate is "free and limited".
For a long time, under the quantity control and corporate business model, taxis have been regarded as a resource that can be "operated". In some places, a taxi license can be sold for hundreds of thousands of yuan, forming a huge profit "cheese".
Taxi reform has begun to break the ice, and Hangzhou, Nanchang and other cities have successively cancelled taxi operation right royalties. From March 1, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Xuzhou and other places have also stopped collecting taxi operation right royalties, and implemented free and limited-term use of operation rights.
"The reform has a very clear direction, that is, the right to operate taxis should be free and limited." Liu Xiaoming, director of the transportation service department of the Ministry of Transport, said that the total amount of taxi operation rights must be regulated, and a reasonable transportation structure must be formed through quantity control.
At the 2016 Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Work Conference held at the end of March, the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Commission proposed that all new taxi operating rights in Shenzhen will be used free of charge, and existing licenses will be gradually transitioned to free of charge. "Due to the complexity of existing licenses, relevant departments will consider feasibility, threat and risk assessment and report to the municipal government after maturity," said Yu Li, a researcher at the Municipal Transportation Commission’s Passenger Transport Administration.
The person in charge of the Nanchang Municipal Transportation Bureau introduced that Nanchang stopped collecting the paid use fee for the rental car operation right this time, which was taken after a long-term investigation. The paid use fee for the rental car operation right after January 1, 2016 that was actually collected in advance will be refunded. After preliminary calculations, Nanchang City (excluding Jinxian and Anyi counties) is expected to refund the paid use fee for the rental car operation right to about 84 million yuan.
Since it is free, how to determine the ownership of taxi operation rights in the future? This is a question that many people are concerned about after the operation rights are unpaid. According to the reporter’s research, many ideas are based on the service quality and management ability of taxi companies, rather than "the highest bidder gets".
"Portion money" will be negotiated by multiple parties
The "part money" composed of the paid user fees for taxi operating rights and enterprise management fees is one of the focuses of taxi reform.
Previously, Jiangsu province proposed to formally liberalize the management service fees and rental contract fees charged by taxi companies to drivers, which means that drivers can discuss with the company how much "part money" to pay. Recently, Shenzhen announced "four measures to streamline administration and decentralize power in the taxi industry to protect the legitimate rights and interests of drivers". This includes reforming the monthly payment quota (part money), which will be determined by the company and the driver through negotiation.
As one of the six aspects of taxi reform, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Transport said that "part money" will be changed from the previous government regulation to equal consultation between taxi companies, industry associations, taxi drivers and trade unions.
Reducing "part money" in some areas directly reduces the burden on taxi drivers. In Hangzhou, many companies return 10% of the contract fee to drivers. In addition, through subsidies and rewards, "part money" has been reduced from 8,000 yuan per month to the current minimum of 6,400 yuan per month.
"’Part money’ is closely related to the interests of drivers and ordinary people, and the amount of’part money ‘should be scientifically and win-win reform-oriented," said Yang Tao, a deputy to the Nanjing Municipal People’s Congress and chairperson of Nanjing Urban and Transportation Planning and Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Experts say that judging from the policies introduced in various places, it may take time and determination to go from imperfect competition to perfect competition for the difficult "bone" of "part money".
Online car-hailing is exploring a standardized development path
A large number of online car-hailing is making travel more convenient, but how to regulate online car-hailing has been an open question.
Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Traffic Law Enforcement Department is increasing the investigation and punishment of online car-hailing platforms; and the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Administrative Law Enforcement Detachment has also launched a special project rectification action for illegal operations, and 28 off-site network cars were investigated and punished during the Qingming holiday.
It is reported that since April, Shenzhen has started to clean up the online car-hailing work for off-site licenses. It is required to complete the cleaning as soon as possible. If the overdue online car-hailing platforms have not cleaned up the off-site licenses, they will be punished. Whether private cars and attached cars can obtain operating licenses has become the focus of attention of all parties.
Countries around the world have been debating how to regulate online car-hailing. Some developed countries have a complete ban on online car-hailing, and states in the United States have also banned it. Yang Chuantang, Minister of Transportation, said that by designing actionable and enforceable specific policies, new business models will be encouraged to develop in a standardized manner to better meet the high-quality and multi-level travel needs of the people.
Online car-hailing, as a new thing, brings good experience to passengers. Some experts and citizens said that it should be promoted by designing a new management system to promote its healthy development.
Xinhua News Agency
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