Overview
- Several hundred taxi drivers gridlocked Bilbao’s center on Tuesday, demanding an end to what they call VTC “impunity” and stricter enforcement against Uber and Cabify.
- The Basque Taxi Federation says around 250 VTCs operate in Bilbao with only 46 urban authorizations, citing growth in Euskadi from about 83 VTC licenses in 2018 to roughly 300 now against some 2,000 taxis.
- Federation representatives call for inspections equivalent to those applied to taxis and warn they will resume protests if administrations do not act.
- In A Coruña, the BNG formally filed a draft ordinance to curb VTC activity, proposing a 60‑minute prebooking requirement, a ban on cruising or waiting at taxi ranks, and mandatory digital identification and registration.
- Mayor Inés Rey said the city will request operational data from taxi associations to evaluate whether to issue more licenses and to consider modernization measures such as a joint app and limited fixed‑fare options.