MOTC TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON TAXI VEHICLE TYPE|計程車規格擬放寬 納入箱型車.休旅車

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications has agreed to lift the restriction on taxi car types. In the future, in addition to the four-door sedans, vans and SUVs can also be used as taxis. The taxi industry urges the government to approve different fare calculations based on the vehicle types. This is taxi rank at Taipei Songshan Airport, Japanese car model Wish is popular to many taxi drivers. This type of vehicle has spacious interior and luggage area. However, Wish is no longer at the production line, cab industry submitted their opinions to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications for relaxing restriction placed on the four-door type cab. ==CHENG LI-CHIA Chairman, Taipei Motor Drivers Union== Our diver friends can choose from a variety of automobiles. The same applies to passengers, they can choose car types instead only sedan-type. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications agrees to amend relevant regulations. In the future, van or sports utility vehicle can be used as taxis. The Union also said different types of vehicles should have different fare calculations. ==CHENG LI-CHIA Chairman, Taipei Motor Drivers Union== Many drivers worry about the number of passengers. Six or seven passengers should take two taxis, that means two drivers can earn fares. But if restrictions were lifted, maybe only one driver earns fares. Therefore we at the Union suggest government approve fare differentiation. Actually, the issue has been discussed for several times, if restrictions were lifted, car types may be the same with those from car rentals. Therefore, the Union urges the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to examine into regulations and use services for differentiating car rental and taxi industries. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 因應自由行旅客越來越多的觀光需求，交通部已同意修正運管規則，放寬計程車車型，原本限制使用"四門轎式小客車"，將放寬，納入休旅車及廂型車。 來到松山機場前的計程車排班站，日系品牌的wish是相當常見的車種，司機們說因為這是轎車式小客車裡空間最大，又能兼具載運行李功能的車款，不過這款車目前已經停產，也因此，業界也向交通部反應，希望放寬計程車車型不受限是"四門轎式小客車" ==台北市汽車駕駛員職業工會理事長 鄭力嘉== 以駕駛朋友來講那當然就是 他可以選擇的車種就多元化了 那以消費者來講他也可以多元化的 去選擇他要搭的計程車的型式 而不是只限制在轎式 交通部同意修改運管規則，未來像是這樣的廂型車，或是休旅車車款，都能做為計程車使用，不過工會也希望，因為車型不同，也能以差別運價來計算 ==台北市汽車駕駛員職業工會理事長 鄭力嘉== 很多駕駛朋友 會比較擔心的部分就是 原本六個人或七個人 他可以坐兩台計程車 那就是兩個駕駛朋友都可以賺到錢 那現在如果開放以後 可能就是 只有一個駕駛能夠賺到這個報酬 所以我們工會這邊會建議就是說 未來可能希望有差別費率 其實計程車車型限制過去業界討論多次，但放寬後，車型將與租賃車業者重疊，工會也呼籲交通部，可以檢視法規，在業務上來區分出租賃頁與計程車業的市場