São Paulo Enacts Sweeping Rules for Moto-App and Mototaxi Services

Overview

• Mayor Ricardo Nunes sanctioned and published the municipal law on Wednesday following a 32–16 City Council approval earlier in the week.
• Operations are barred on expressways such as the Marginal Pinheiros, Marginal Tietê and Avenida 23 de Maio, within the minianel viário, and during heavy rain, strong winds, low visibility or flooding.
• Drivers must be at least 21, hold an A or AB license for at least two years with EAR, complete a 30-hour course, pass a tox screen with a 90-day window, register with the city using a CNPJ/MEI and link only one motorcycle.
• Motorcycles must be up to eight years old, between 150cc and 400cc, carry a CSV, use a red rental plate, and have passenger handles, leg and engine guards and a kite-line cutter, with helmets and disposable caps provided to passengers.
• Platforms must obtain annual credentials, share trip and telemetric data, install speed limiters and fund rest points and passenger insurance, with daily fines ranging from R$4,000 to R$1.5 million as Uber and 99 denounce the law as unconstitutional in a dispute that has already reached the STF.