Non-Shanghai Drivers... Shanghai Transportation Commission Reveals Taxi Reform Content

Shanghai taxis will implement "higher prices for better quality."

The Shanghai Municipal Traffic Commission stated that in 2018, Shanghai will improve the program for optimizing the price of cruising cars, and on the basis of upgrading the grades of taxis and introducing extended services, the company will implement “higher prices for better quality” and establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism for freight rates. At the same time, under the premise of strict access conditions, the restrictions on local ownership of taxi drivers are moderately relaxed.

Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Transport Commission disclosed the above news when responding to a proposal made by Tu Haiming, member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

In its reply, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission also stated that in the next step, the department will discuss with other relevant management departments the expansion of foreign drivers who hold residence permits and pay a certain number of years of social security as a source of taxi drivers. Recently, the Transportation Commission is organizing the evaluation and investigation of non-Shanghai-based taxi drivers in the pilot trials in the early stage to formulate policies for the expansion of the use of non-Shanghai taxi drivers by the industry in the next step.

CPPCC members put forward three suggestions

As Shanghai's former city business card, taxis are frequently ridiculed.

During the Shanghai Two Conferences in 2018, a proposal submitted by Tu Haiming, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPC), a member of the Shanghai Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, entitled "Recommendations on Accelerating the Reform of the Taxi Industry and Enhancing Overall Service Quality," said that in recent years, Shanghai taxis The quality of service in the industry is constantly declining. The attitude is impolite, driving is uncivilized, deliberate detours, picking off passengers, and even refitting the metering device for several times more fare.

Some citizens even reported that some taxi companies in Shanghai have illegally recruited foreign drivers. Many of them have not obtained employment permits. “Shanghai’s large-scale centralized rectification of the taxi industry and further deepening of structural reforms are imminent,” said Tu Haiming in the proposal.

He suggested that, first, a comprehensive and detailed overall survey of existing employees in the taxi industry in Shanghai should be conducted by the competent government department (ie the Shanghai Municipal Transport Commission) to master the basic situation and strictly clean up the drivers who do not meet the requirements. Training, the withdrawal of the exit. At the same time, it may even consider reducing the amount of taxi operations for the corresponding taxi companies. Tu Haiming stated in the proposal: “For those who can become taxi drivers, Shanghai has specific regulations, such as restrictions on household registration, training and holding licenses, etc. However, from the current actual situation, these regulations have not been obtained. Strictly implemented, the government's management is lacking."

Secondly, under the circumstances that the number of taxi drivers currently in serious shortage, the government authorities may consider reopening pilots of non-Shanghai-based drivers, that is, allowing taxi companies to hire non-Shanghai-based drivers, but strict entry thresholds are required. Instead of driving a taxi as long as there is a driver's license, “under the premise of strict entry barriers and increased supervision, government departments may consider reopening non-Shanghai pilot pilots to ease the shortage of taxi drivers.”

Thirdly, in-depth research on the basic causes of the aforementioned problems in the taxi industry in Shanghai, from passengers, drivers, and companies, forms a feasible, scientific and effective taxi deepening reform program based on major investigations. A wide range of opinions and suggestions were heard throughout the city. In addition, the supervision of taxi drivers and the taxi industry should be further strengthened.

Parade taxis will be implemented "high quality price"

For the above proposal, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Committee has responded in recent days.

According to the Shanghai Traffic Commission, in 2017, the "Guiding Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Deepening Reform to Promote the Healthy Development of the Taxi Industry" and the "Implementation Opinions of the Shanghai Municipal Government on Deepening the Reform to Promote the Healthy Development of the Taxi Industry" (hereinafter abbreviated as The overall requirements of the "Development Implementation Opinions"), the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission's study has formed a three-year reform of the taxi industry, the specific work arrangements.

The overall thinking of this reform is to rationalize the relationship between the government and the market, highlight the dominant position of the enterprise market, use the freight, operating rights, and labor force management as the breakthrough point, optimize the industry management system as the main line, and strengthen the government’s Macro-control and market supervision have stimulated the vigor of the company's operations and the enthusiasm of the drivers, fully improved the quality of service in the industry, and improved the sense of citizenship.

Among them, regarding the positioning of the taxi industry, Shanghai's "Development Implementation Opinions" clearly states that taxis are an integral part of the city's comprehensive transportation system and provide personalized transportation services to the public. Under the premise of giving priority to the development of public transportation, scientifically determine a reasonable scale of development based on factors such as the characteristics of Shanghai's economic and social development, traffic travel needs, road carrying capacity, and environmental capacity.

“According to the above industry positioning, this year will improve the optimization plan for the price of the cruising car and optimize the tariff structure.” The Shanghai Municipal Traffic Committee revealed in its reply that Shanghai will implement “high quality on the basis of upgrading the grade of taxi models and introducing extension services. Better prices, at the same time, will establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism for freight rates with the support of the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission.

In addition, Shanghai will speed up the construction of a unified scheduling platform for cruisers in 2018 to guide the patrol car to provide operational services through telephone, Internet, etc. At the same time, it will also plan and accelerate the construction of taxi berths and docks for passengers, and gradually form “electricity. Tune (telephone, Internet, etc.) + site waiting for passengers as the main mode of operation to reduce vehicle empty driving and improve operational efficiency.

One of the concrete tasks of the reform is to “expand the sources of practitioners”.

In the future, non-Shanghai-based drivers may also be able to enter the Shanghai taxi driver team.

The Shanghai Traffic Committee also revealed in its reply that according to the reform plan for the taxi industry in this round, the principle of “first, second, later, step by step, and ensuring stability” should be used to define the work objectives, main tasks, and specific measures. One of the specific tasks of the reform is to “expand the sources of employees”, and under the premise of strict access conditions, the local restrictions on drivers should be appropriately relaxed.

“The taxi industry is a labor-intensive industry that requires pilots who meet the qualifications to provide passenger services.” The reply stated that taxi drivers’ occupational labor intensity is high, safety operations are demanding, working conditions are more difficult, and the industry’s attractiveness is decreasing year by year. .

Since 2011, in order to alleviate the shortage of employees in the taxi industry, according to the spirit of the municipal government's special conference, Shanghai has started pilot recruitment of taxi drivers hired by non-Shanghai-based companies, which has played a role in alleviating the shortage of labor in the industry. At the end of 2014, according to the urban development and population policies, Shanghai suspended the work of non-Shanghai-based laborers into the taxi industry.

In the next step, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission will discuss with relevant administrative departments the expansion of foreign drivers who hold residence permits and pay certain years of social security as a source of taxi drivers. Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission is organizing the evaluation and investigation of non-Shanghai-based taxi drivers in the pre-pilot trials to formulate policies and improve plans for the next step of the industry to expand the use of non-Shanghai taxi drivers.

The Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission admitted in its reply that in recent years, the attractiveness of the taxi industry has been declining year by year. The number of applicants for the Shanghai Taxi Driver Qualifying Examination dropped from 1,050 in 2009 to 1,499 in 2017. “Some companies have illegally operated certain drivers who have no taxi licenses to ensure revenue.”

In response to this illegal act, the Shanghai Municipal Traffic Committee convened an industry conference to strictly prohibit and increase investigation and investigation. In 2017, 1,196 cases of drivers without professional qualification certificates were investigated. At the same time, in response to chronic diseases in the industry, relevant departments in 2017 investigated and revoked 149 taxi driver qualifications. The next step will be strictly in accordance with the above regulations and adhere to the access standards. At the same time, taxi drivers who have strictly implemented the rules and regulations shall complete the continuing education of not less than 27 hours during the registration period.

In terms of strengthening industry supervision, the Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission will establish a credit management system for taxi operators, improve credit management systems for taxi drivers, and strengthen the recording and application of illegal and untrustworthy acts, complaints and reports, passenger service evaluation, and other information. It will be incorporated into Shanghai's unified public credit information service platform. Give full play to the role of industry associations in strengthening industry self-regulation, establish taxi driver record violation records, and correlate driver market violations with personal credit rating and taxi hires.

At the same time, it is required that the network about car companies join the industry association. In the next step, we will also strengthen coordination of law enforcement capabilities and information exchange among traffic, public security and urban management departments. The municipal and district traffic law enforcement agencies will focus on enforcement of key areas such as “two stops and two stations” and rail transit sites, and the public security and urban management departments will be responsible. Management, combined with the creation of a good market order and environment.