Barcelona currently has 322 taxi stands distributed throughout all the districts but above all highly concentrated in the Eixample. Next year, with the installation of 142 more microstops (there will be a total of 193 with between two and four seats), the Catalan capital will reach the figure of 462 taxi stands. Will they be enough so that it is no longer necessary? raise your hand to ask for a service? Check on this map where the stops are located and which one is closest to home, work or wherever you are.
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Taxi drivers perform every year 300 million kilometers without passagewith what this implies at the level of fuel cost (or electricity), traffic congestion and pollution. With more points where they can stop and wait for users to arrive, the self-employed will save money and the city will solve some of its problems. mobility-related problems.
All of this should lend a hand picmi public appwhich is about to be launched by the hand of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (WBA). It will allow you to request a taxi, but you will not be able to pay by phone because including this tool could generate a conflict with the Catalan Competition Authority. As soon as the city has those 462 stops deployed, El Metropolitan Taxi Institute could contemplate vetoing or restricting the circulation of taxis with green at certain hours, given that, in addition to the stops, users have a dozen private apps to request a service, in addition to the telephone numbers of the radio stations. in any case, one more step to avoid unnecessary travel that only complicate traffic and dirty the city.