MOLO - Mobility and Logistics Rhineland-Palatinate

The association welcomes the constructive talks with the Lord Mayor, the city administration and the SPD faction, but demands a more consistent application of the PBefG. The focus of the talks were permits, operating bases and the enforcement of the return-to-base obligation.

Rising costs for patient transport, the competition with platform-mediated rental cars, and the design of public tenders occupied the annual Taxi and Rental Car Conference in Bad Kreuznach. Associations, entrepreneurs, and licensing authorities discussed, above all, one question: How can fair competition be ensured before problems arise?

The cost curve in the taxi and rental-car industry continues to rise. The Rhineland Association of the Transport Industry warns of growing economic risks and calls on both health insurance funds and the licensing authorities to act. At the center are patient transports, taxi fares, and the question of how mobility should be funded in the future.

When the cheapest price becomes a problem - who takes children to school in the morning, drives people with disabilities to facilities, or organizes the transport of kindergarten children, often works far from public attention. But behind these trips lies a market that is under pressure in many places.

The recent relief measures by the federal government and the states are met with skepticism in the transport sector. The Mobility and Logistics Association Rhineland-Palatinate (MOLO) sees in the package above all short-term effects – and structural gaps.

In Mainz, pressure is mounting on the city administration to reorganize the competition between taxis and private hire vehicle companies. Representatives of the taxi industry and the Mobility and Logistics Association Rhineland-Palatinate (MOLO) spoke last week with the Traffic Monitoring Office – and urged the introduction of minimum fares for private hire vehicles.

Around 60 taxis are participating in the nationwide day of action, sending a clear signal to the administration and politics.