- Title: Mexican police chip in to help those stranded at airport by taxi protest
- Date: 7th October 2019
- Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (OCTOBER 7, 2019) (REUTERS) POLICE TRANSPORTING TRAVELLERS TO AND FROM TERMINAL ONE OF MEXICO CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER ENTRANCE WAS BLOCKED FOR HOURS BY PROTESTING TAXI DRIVERS POLICE HELPING TRAVELLERS WITH THEIR LUGGAGE TRAVELLERS ON EMPTY ROAD BY AIRPORT VARIOUS, PEOPLE EXITING POLICE VEHICLE POLICE OFFICER HELPING TRAVELLERS WITH THEIR BAGS WINDSHIELD OF TAXI WITH TEXT READING (Spanish) "APPS OUT, UBER OUT" (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MEXICAN BUSINESS TRAVELLER, EMILIO DUARTE, SAYING: "The taxis charge me four times more. What do I do? This is supply and demand. I use the applications. Why? Because I live in Reforma and from here to Reforma the application charges me 80 to 90 pesos. For friends from other countries, that's four to five (U.S.) dollars. And the taxi to the airport charges me 15 to 20 (U.S.) dollars. The math is easy." TRAVELLING FAMILY VARIOUS, PEOPLE EXITING POLICE VEHICLE
- Embargoed: 22nd October 2019 00:32
- Keywords: apps block Didi Uber Benito Juarez Reforma Avenue MEX ride sharing traffic Mexico City Cabify taxi international airport protest drivers
- Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001B03NXHJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Travellers left stranded at Mexico City's international airport by protesting taxi drivers on Monday (October 7) received a helping hand from Mexican police who escorted them to and from a blockaded terminal.
Taxi drivers blocked roads leading to terminal one of the city's airport for hours Monday to protest ride sharing applications like Uber, Didi and Cabify.
Traffic was snarled across the megalopolis as the protest shut down major arteries forcing people to walk to work.
Mexico City was among the first cities in the world to regulate Uber after the popular app burst onto the scene, much to the ire of taxi drivers.
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