Uber “legalised” as taxi drivers maintain “rights and duties”
The working party set up to “legalise Uber” and other so-called ‘digital transport platforms’ released its proposals today (Monday).~ According to Diário de Notícias, the ‘projecto de diploma’ will get
Career cabbies call for government to seize Uber vehicles
Portugal’s federation of taxi drivers has called on the government to “apprehend cars in the service of new mobility platforms” – namely Uber and Cabify. Despite public support for the
Uber taxi service arrives today in Algarve
Smartphone taxi service Uber finally started operating in the Algarve today (June 7). The controversial service that has enraged traditional taxi companies all over Portugal for posing what they call
Lisbon taxis hold ‘week of protest’ from April 29
Antral and FPT – two unions incorporating national taxi drivers – are holding a week of mourning in protest to the government’s continued lack of action against renegade service run
Decision over legality of Uber taxi service expected within days
Apparently reluctant to decide on the legality of cut-price Uber taxis themselves, the government has handed the job over to the AMT (authority of transports and mobility), which now has
Uber “goes green” while taxi-driver opponents see red
No matter how much noise furious taxi drivers seem to make about it, Uber – the American low-cost service viciously undercutting them – just keeps on going. Today in Lisbon
Uber launches new service aimed at Portugal’s businesses
Not content with giving Portugal’s traditional taxi drivers a run for their money, North American company Uber is now forging ahead with a new service aimed at the country’s business
Uber taxi service to expand to Algarve in 2016
Smartphone taxi service Uber has announced plans to expand to the Algarve for a limited period, perhaps “two or three months, maybe more”, in 2016. The news came in an
Portuguese taxi drivers threaten street demos over Uber
ANTRAL, the national association representing Portuguese taxi drivers, is threatening street demos “with a lot of force” in September over the blind-eye that it claims the authorities are giving internet
Uber smartphone taxi service is out, confirms court
American smartphone taxi service Uber has been banned from Portugal by Lisbon’s Court of Appeal. The decision was confirmed by Antral, the national taxi association that lodged an injunction against