Overview
- Council president Fernando Juri convened cross-party talks to finalize a draft, with commissions asked to present agreed and disputed points by next Monday for possible floor debate.
- The prevailing position is to regulate apps such as Uber and Didi with operating requirements rather than prohibit them, while questions remain over integrating the service under Sutrappa.
- No fare increase will be analyzed until the new regulatory framework is defined, even as operators prepare to formalize a request to adjust the $950 ticket.
- Councilor Carlos Arnedo cited more than ARS 4.9 billion in recent provincial subsidies plus ARS 1.0 billion municipal support, projecting over ARS 72 billion annually, and pressed for external audits, licitations, a metropolitan consortium and demand-based subsidies.
- In the city of Santa Fe, councillors are moving to formalize app drivers by opening taxi and remis licenses to them and extending vehicle age limits to 15 years to level conditions and improve safety.