Strong impulses for the industry’s future: BVTM President Beiner speaks at the LTV annual general meeting in Weimar
As part of this year's annual general meeting of the Thuringia state association (LTV) in Weimar, Gregor Beiner, president of the Federal Association for Taxi and Rental Cars, set important accents last week for the further development of the taxi and rental-car sector in Thuringia and commented on the nationwide challenges of the taxi and rental-car industry. The event impressed with its broad range of topics as well as a strong presence from politics and business.
Thuringia's Transport Minister Schütz is on site
The public part of the event was opened by the president of the LTV, Steffen Heuschkel, who in his speech addressed the ten challenges for the taxi and rental-car trade and the responses from the Ministry of Transport. Subsequently, Thuringia's Minister for Digital Affairs and Infrastructure Steffen Schütz spoke and explained the political perspective as well as current developments in the area of transport and mobility in Thuringia. The Parliamentary State Secretary from the Federal Ministry of Transport, Christian Hirte, addressed in his contribution, among other things, measures to relieve the industry of fuel costs.
In his subsequent talk, Gregor Beiner expressed his thanks for the invitation to the Presidium of the Thuringia State Association of the Transport Industry (LTV) as well as to Managing Director Martin Kammer. At the same time, he expressed his admiration for the LTV's achievements, particularly with regard to sustainable negotiations on taxi fares and compensation for patient transports.
"The LTV is taking on a pioneering role nationwide here," Beiner emphasized.
Beiner: State Secretary Hirte, please take care of the other state associations
Beiner explicitly praised the high level of political participation in the event – which also took place on a Saturday. In this context he asked State Secretary Hirte to extend the intensive exchange to other state associations as well.
Content-wise, Beiner addressed central issues of the Federal Association for Taxi and Rental Cars. These include in particular the strengthening and further development of non-emergency patient transport, the promotion of e-mobility, the preparation for autonomous driving, as well as current challenges surrounding the Passenger Transport Act (PBefG). He spoke critically about the implementation of the minimum fare (MBE) and noted increasing burdens on the industry due to the market entry of Uber and Bolt (now also in Erfurt) as well as reports from the customs authorities in Cologne and Munich. Beiner also pointed to positive developments in cities that have already introduced the MBE, such as Essen or Heidelberg, or will implement them in the near future, such as Cologne and Munich. He appealed to politics, particularly State Secretary Hirte, to strengthen the municipalities in the consistent enforcement of existing regulations.
Close cooperation between politics and industry
A special moment of the event was the awarding of Daniel Schwuchow, taxi entrepreneur from Erfurt, chairman of the Professional Association for Passenger Transport within the LTV and a member of the board of the Federal Association for Taxi and Rental Cars, who was awarded the Silver Badge of Honor for his commitment to the Thuringian transport industry.
The annual general meeting of the LTV in Weimar impressively underscored the importance of close collaboration between politics, associations, and industry in order to tackle the challenges of the sector together and to actively shape the mobility of the future.
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