It has been a full ten years since the current regulations on the management of passenger taxis in Hangzhou were revised and implemented in 2007. With the changes in the market environment, especially the emergence of new business formats such as online car-hailing, many provisions of the regulations are no longer suitable for the needs of industry development and management under the new situation, and need to be revised urgently. On October 30, the sixth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th Hangzhou Municipal People’s Congress reviewed the "Hangzhou Passenger Taxi Management Regulations (Revised Draft) " (hereinafter referred to as the Revised Draft). Compared with the old regulations with 37 articles in 9 chapters, the revised draft is 67 articles in 6 chapters, which can be called a "fundamental overhaul". The most significant change is undoubtedly the inclusion of the content of online car-hailing.
In addition, on November 7 at 2 pm, the Hangzhou Municipal People’s Congress Legal Committee will hold a legislative hearing on the Hangzhou Passenger Taxi Management Regulations (Revised Draft) at Xinqiao Hotel, No. 226 Jiefang Road. If you have corresponding suggestions, you can sign up. You can register by phone (87557141), fax (87557315) or email (1839192974@qq.com).
The business license is changed from closed to open
Compared with the original "Regulations", the revised draft proposes "legally holding the right to operate a specified number of taxi vehicles" on the conditions for the operation license of cruise vehicles, but does not set a specific number.
Fan Jianjun, director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau, explained to the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress on the revised draft, saying that considering the large differences in the development of the taxi industry in Hangzhou districts and counties (cities), if the specific number is limited, it is difficult to take into account fairness. Therefore, the revised draft will leave the lower limit of the number of operating rights held to local governments to decide, and the operating license will be changed from closed to open, which is more in line with management reality.
Taking into account the difficulty of obtaining operating licenses for some franchise holders due to the lack of the required number, the draft amendment also stipulates that the government can organize the establishment of taxi service management companies to provide management services to such franchise holders.
The age limit for drivers has been relaxed to 65
The draft amendment stipulates that vehicles engaged in passenger taxi business services in Hangzhou shall obtain passenger taxi transportation licenses, including cruise taxi transportation licenses and online rental car transportation licenses. Online car-hailing requires the installation of satellite positioning devices with driving record function and emergency alarm devices that meet the standards, and the information must be able to be transmitted to the competent authorities in real time.
The revised draft introduces unified qualification management for drivers driving cruise cars and online car-hailing. As long as they obtain a passenger taxi driver’s license, the licensed personnel can move freely between the cruise car company and the online car-hailing platform. This system design is the first in China.
The revised draft incorporates provisions in departmental regulations that are closely related to passenger safety, such as "no violent crime, no drunk driving record", and also liberalizes the age limit to 65 years old.
Rejection is divided into five situations
The amended regulations particularly emphasize that taxi operators shall keep strictly confidential the information of drivers, riders and passengers collected during the operation process, and shall not provide it to third parties except as required by laws and regulations.
For the refusal behavior, according to the type of vehicle, there are five specific situations:
1. After being greeted by passengers to stop, no passengers will be carried;
2. Refusing to carry passengers when an empty car is waiting to be rented in a public place;
3. After actively soliciting passengers, refusing to carry passengers;
4. Selecting passengers in the operating area by means of self-determined operating destinations, etc.;
5. Failure to fulfill the agreement after accepting phone or online appointments.
If the above situation occurs, the driver will be fined 300 to 3,000 yuan, and the taxi driver’s license will be seriously revoked.
Our reporter, He Sheng
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