Dialogue on Mobility Policy: Taxi Associations Visit Berlin SPD

At the summer party of the SPD parliamentary group in the Berlin House of Representatives, representatives of the taxi and rental car industry were also guests. Leszek Nadolski, chairman of the Berlin Taxi Association, as well as his board colleague Güven Aktas, attended the event, as did Patrick Meinhardt, chief executive officer of the Taxi and Rental Car Association (TMV).

Event Venue and Context

The summer gathering took place on the grounds of TorEins, the Park Café at the Technology Museum in Berlin. The SPD parliamentary group had invited numerous guests from politics, business, and society.

Review of Anniversary Celebration

In many conversations, the recently held 125th-anniversary celebration of the Berlin Taxi Guild came into focus. The event was a central topic among the participants from the industry as well as the political representatives.

Exchange with Political Leaders

During the summer festival, there were encounters with Franziska Giffey, Berlin’s Mayor and Senator for Economic Affairs, as well as Tino Schopf, the transport policy spokesman for the SPD parliamentary group. The exchange served to maintain dialogue on current issues of traffic and mobility policy.

Patrick Meinhardt sums it up as follows:

“Ms. Giffey has launched a nationwide exemplary funding program for e-taxis and e-inclusion taxis, and without Tino Schopf, the uncovering of the 1,700 illegal rental cars in Berlin would never have happened. Both are true friends of the taxi industry and understand the importance of taxis. There is a reason why we have appointed them as taxi ambassadors.”