The debate begins in the Council for the regularization of the Uber application in Santa Fe

The municipal Executive sent a draft ordinance to the Council to debate and legalize the activity of travel platforms such as Uber either Maxim in Santa Fewhich will be debated this Thursday in the city’s deliberative body, with the precedent of the approval of these applications in the neighboring town of Paraná.

Last week, the ordinance that will allow the use of Uber and other private transportation platforms in the capital of Entre Ríos was unanimously approved. The measure was promoted by drivers of the application who requested the legalization of the service, a situation similar to that of several taxi drivers and remiseros from Santa Fe that at the same time They work with Uber as extra income.

Council Voices

From the Council, Councilor Barletta stated prior to the session: “It is essential to move towards intelligent mobility and applications are an alternative, but we must also avoid the unfair competition suffered by taxi drivers and taxi drivers. In this sense, I consider that the regulation of private passenger transport systems through digital platforms is necessary and cannot be postponed.”

“Our goal is not to slow down progress and ensure that technological advance is fair to all the city’s transportation systems, also providing security to users. Only in this way can we guarantee that all users receive a safe and quality service, regardless of the contracting method,” he argued.

Requirements from the municipality

From the municipality they highlighted that Travel platforms would fall within what is part of the private passenger service. The Secretary of Government, Sebastián Mastropaolo, highlighted with respect to his differential rate with taxis and remises that “some degree of flexibility can be allowed in what the rate is because the rate is not imposed as is done in the public service. When this moving forward, we will tell companies that want to have their platform legalized in Santa Fe that they will also have to adapt to a rate to provide a service that is efficient.”

Mastropaolo gave details about the requirements that those who operate as passenger transport on travel platforms in Santa Fe will have to meet: “The platforms that legalize their activity in the city must indicate who they authorize and who they do not, have information on what type of trips they use, that they meet the requirements regarding certificates of good conduct, that they do not have a criminal record, that they comply with the type of qualifying card they must have, etc.”.

“We are going to limit everything that today are those who get up and say today I am going to do Uber because I need it for extra income. If this message is approved they will have a lot of procedures to comply with and if not they will be those who already have the authorizations previously approved as being a professional driver of a taxi or remís, as well as people who want to be “uberistas””, he remarked in conclusion.

Uber and Maxim in Santa Fe

In mid-2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and after many rumors and assumptions about the landing of the Uber platform in the capital city, the same international transportation vehicle company confirmed its arrival with the Uber Flash service. Already in the month of October, the app that offers travel and transfers of people, began to present its service to those users who needed to make “essential trips” and to “health personnel to travel safely to and from hospitals and centers.” of health”.

Quickly, taxi drivers and taxi drivers demonstrated energetically in front of the municipality and the local Council asking for “urgent regulation” of the service. A week after its arrival, Uber reported that “more than 180 people signed up to be drivers.” Already at the beginning of 2021, another international urban and intercity travel company, Maxim, made its arrival in Santa Fe official.