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Last night, we comment on the sanction from the mayor Fernando Haddad da PL 349 / 2014, which created in the city of São Paulo a new category public transport, called “black taxi“. The news generated a lot of doubt among s and the local press. After all, with the decree, he would have the Uber been regulated or not?
Seeking to clarify the situation, the advice of the Uber informed that the edition of the decree had as objective the creation of the new taxi service. Thus, there was no effective regulation do Uber, which does not qualify as a service of public individual transport will have its situation evaluated by the City Hall within 60 days, as we see in part of the official note published on the subject (click here to read the full note).
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The City Hall estimates that, even with the common taxi eo novo black taxi, there is still a pent-up demand for individual transport that can be met with a new public utility service, as long as it is regulated by the Public Power. According to the president of SPBusiness, Rodrigo Pirajá, there is room for 15 new cars for individual transport in the city, in addition to the current 33 licenses.Article 12 of the National Urban Mobility Plan (law 12.587/12) and article 231 of the Brazilian Traffic Code (Law 9.503/97) provide that it is up to the municipal executive power to regulate/license the services of transport of people. As there is space and request from an interested company, the town hall will continue to analyze legal improvements to public utility services for individual enger transport (not taxi) covered by the Urban Mobility Law. (...)
In this way, the services provided by the Uber and its private drivers has not yet been regulated in the city of São Paulo, despite the measure opening the way for this to occur. But it is good to make it clear that it was also not banned and continues to operate normally in the city, while its situation is being analyzed by the municipal government.
