{"id":1015384,"date":"2018-07-28T21:27:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T13:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1015384"},"modified":"2018-07-28T21:27:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T13:27:38","slug":"barcelona-taxi-drivers-strike-to-protest-ride-hailing-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1015384\/barcelona-taxi-drivers-strike-to-protest-ride-hailing-apps","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona taxi drivers strike to protest ride-hailing apps"},"content":{"rendered":"
Taxi drivers stand next to parked taxis during a taxi strike at the Barcelona airport in Prat Llobregat, Spain, Thursday, July 26, 2018. Taxis in Barcelona have begun a 48-hour strike to protest against the growing number of cars operating under ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Cabify. (Photo by MANU FERNANDEZ \/ AP)<\/p><\/div>\n
BARCELONA, Spain \u2014 Taxi drivers in Barcelona are blocking traffic on a major thoroughfare as part of an indefinite strike to protest the use of ride-hailing apps like Uber or Cabify.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of taxi drivers parked their back-and-yellow cabs in the middle of Barcelona’s Gran Via on Saturday, where some drivers spent the night in their vehicles or in tents.<\/p>\n
Catalan public television showed taxis from other Spanish cities, including Bilbao, 600 kilometers (372 miles) away, arriving overnight to join the protest.<\/p>\n
Taxi drivers in Barcelona started the strike Wednesday to oppose a judge’s decision that suspended the need for additional authorization for ride-hailing companies to operate in the popular tourist destination.<\/p>\n
Uber and Cabify suspended services Wednesday after taxi supporters assaulted several of their drivers, sending two of them to the hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Taxi drivers in Barcelona are blocking traffic on a major thoroughfare as part of an indefinite strike to protest the use of ride-hailing apps like Uber or Cabify.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1098,"featured_media":1015385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,43],"tags":[231215,140870],"byline":[],"source":[206067],"column":[],"editor":[189937],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n