Conatra has already spoken - they "will not allow" Uber:
http://tamarcao.com/conatra-advierte-que-no-permitira-servicios-de-uber-en-el-pais/
computer-mangled translation:
Conatra warned not allow Uber services in the country
Posted on October 30, 2015 by Fabio
SANTO DOMINGO. The president of the National Confederation of Transport (Conatra), Antonio Marte, warned yesterday that will not allow operation in the country of the taxi company Uber, if not fits the bill.
At a press conference, the leader choferil said foreign company must uphold the law 76-00 establishes the requirements for the operation of taxis, as he was required to your company Tuv Sud.
"And that company closing and going to go here, because we will not allow this country, because it is not true that will come to displace more than 28,000 taxis," he said.
Clarify that I oppose the modernization of services, and proof of this is that two years operating a platform through smartphones that offers good service to citizens. Mars said it would appeal to legal remedies to prevent Uber operate outside the law.
He said Uber does not guarantee security to the citizens, because anyone who wants to use his vehicle to transport people can do without being registered, however customers Tuv Sud can be sure that taxi drivers are persons registered in a system are duly identified and uniformed.
He insisted that the foreign company will cause more chaos in traffic, because most people only use your vehicle for transport to their jobs and homes, he also used as taxi.
Mars called on the government to respect its investment as any other business activity in the Dominican Republic and avoid a taxi company as Uber installed in the country protected by unfair competition.
The choferil leader blamed the government for what happens in transport.
you need a new translation software, lol.
basically,
Marte is right, i agree with him.
doesn't matter how other countries rule their public transportation,
here in this country every vehicle and every driver has to be registered, plain and simple.
why should the existing transfer/transportation companies liek the Taxistas, continue to pay their Taxes/Fees/renovations etc for their vehicle and driver registrations,
when every private person with a vehicle can work as a competitor without any registration/without those added costs of a Transfer Business?
i run also vehicles here for transportation of my customers,
without beeing member of any Union or such(this theme is basically NOT about Unions etc),
such vehicles cost quiet a load of money per year to be allowed to Transfer my own customers between Hotels and Marina.
if private persons are allowed to do such rides just because they "register" with a private online plattform named Uber,
then i ask WHY should i continue to pay fees and fees and taxes and fees to be allowed to transport the own customers in this country? it would be sufficient to use our own private Vans for those transfers, privately "registered" with a Mike's Marina online App on a smartphone.
to run transfer vehicles is in reality so expensive over the year(again, i am not talking about Union Mafia thingies for specific taxi routes or such), that since a couple years i moved very most of my own transfers to be done by bigger Transfer Companies, which exist in a large number here in the area.
as i use the own vehicles only for the own customers, do not occupy them with other transfers all day long/24-7, to hire a 3rd party Transfer Company is cheaper than to run a own fleet of registered vehicles.
to allow private persons to act/work as transfer drivers/vehicles with Uber,
means the DR has to change their Laws about registrations of Taxis AND Tourist Transfer Vehicles/Companies.
you can't allow some to compete on such high density market withotu any extra costs/Taxes and Fees paid to the government and the others are forced to keep paying the extra bills.
that would be a uneven competition and is clearly Not acceptable on any point.
I am not basically against a online system like Uber,
sounds like a easy to use service for people to come around town, like the already since a couple years in use TUV SUS App.
but there have to be clearly the same requirements for all competitors on the same Market.
and that Transport Market is one of the hottest grounds you could touch for changes here in the country,
as ALL politicians LIVE grand scale of money out of that market,
Tax Free into their pockets.
Mike
