BVTM - Federal Association of Taxi and Rental Cars

In three weeks, the time has come – this year's PBefG Symposium, in collaboration with the German Association of Cities, builds on the successes of the last two years: Already 110 representatives from authorities across Germany have registered for the event format with the motto “Update 2025: Securely using PBefG instruments – cities learning from cities.”

The emergency motion in the House of Representatives on Thursday to better protect taxis as a public service was approved by all parties. The Federal Association of Taxis and Rental Cars (BVTM) welcomes the action plan and urges the swift implementation of minimum prices.

The Federal Association of Taxi and Rental Cars (BVTM) is, on behalf of the entire industry, a partner of Deutsche Bahn AG. Among other things, in employee mobility and disruption management, Deutsche Bahn has been relying on the flexible solutions of the taxi industry since 2006. 

A representative survey commissioned by the Federal Association of Taxi and Rental Cars (BVTM) has revealed that 60 percent of Germans support the demands of the taxi associations for minimum prices for platform operators.

The Federal Association of Taxi and Rental Cars was able to secure three high-ranking federal politicians for the digital panel discussion before the election: Michael Donth (CDU), Nyke Slawik (Greens), and Mathias Stein (SPD). In the 60-minute discussion in the format "Taxi Politics Live," they debated with association president Herwig Kollar and answered questions from the taxi audience.

There are many films about taxis – but this one, among other things, is dedicated to the unfair competitive displacement that the taxi industry has been exposed to for more than ten years by mostly illegal ride-hailing platforms like Uber, Bolt, and others.

For the first time, the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) and the trade union ver.di have developed a joint paper outlining a vision for public transport up to 2035. The taxi associations have also formulated their demands.

The transport committee of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament decided in its meeting on January 15 to introduce a proposal for the statewide implementation of the public transport taxi. The initiative was introduced by the FDP and received support from the governing factions of the CDU and the Greens. The final vote in the plenary session is considered a formality.

Fake documents, a quarter million in cash in the freezer, and a safe hastily thrown out the window - the raid against illegal driving services in several federal states almost sounds like fiction.

TAXI POLITICS LIVE for the 2025 Bundestag Election. On January 17, 2025, the BVTM political talk will take place online from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Anyone who wants to participate must register.

The Leipzig Administrative Court has generally deemed regulatory minimum prices for ride services like Uber to be permissible in its now available written judgment. It is the first ruling of its kind in Germany on this issue. The BVTM emphasizes that they are now on the right track.

Just in time for the start of the year, Michael Oppermann gave an interview to the Berlin radio station Pi-Radio about the state of the industry. 

Convince the authorities of the necessity of the public transport taxi in five steps – with the new flyer, the Federal Association of Taxi and Rental Cars (BVTM) provides taxi entrepreneurs with arguments for implementation.