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Medan taxi drivers protest against the coming of Blue Bird

  • Apriadi Gunawan

    The Jakarta Post

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Medan   /   Thu, May 6 2010   /  10:42 am

Hundreds of taxi drivers in Medan, North Sumatra, staged a rally in front of the mayor’s office on Wednesday, protesting against the municipality’s decision to issue a permit for 750 new Blue Bird taxis.The drivers, who mostly operate from Polonia Airport, urged the municipal administration to withdraw the operational license given to Blue Bird, which is expected to being operating its taxis next week.“It’s not realistic to let Blue Bird operate in Medan. It will pose financial losses on taxi companies already operating in Medan,” the protesters’ spokesperson, Israel Situmeang, said.He instead called for a supervisory body to be established that would monitor and improve existing taxi services.“We know taxi services in Medan are not satisfactory at the moment, but adding more taxis is not the solution,” he said.Responding to the protest, head of the Medan Transportation A...