Optimal market access framework for taxi services to become a genuine part of the collective passenger transport chain: reforming the Russian taxi market

Cologne, 8 November 2014

Stanislav SHVAGERUS, independent expert

1 500 000 - number of vehicles providing taxi services in Russia

100, 000 – number of void and not used licences

Taxi sector in Russia: general overview

482, 000 – total number of licences issued (August,2014)

About 70% of the licences are issued for the companies with only one vehicle

Call centers in Russia9 000 call centers

Federal level • General principles of taxi services• Taxi services and taxi calls placement regulations• Issuing licences for luggage and population transport• Establishing regional registers for taxi vehicles in the Internet• Establishing requirements for a taxi vehicle• Establishing requirements to taxi drivers• Establishing control for the above requirements

Taxi Regulation in Russia

Regional level

• Have the right to establish their criteria for taxi operation on their territory as well as the set of standards for voluntary implementation

• Have the right to introduce the colours for taxi and quota for taxi

number in the region

Taxi Regulation in Russia

Current Taxi legislation in Russia: pros and cons

1. Legislation practice does not use this advantage of the Law, substituting the notion freighter for road transport operator

2. Lack of regional taxi legislation

1. Legal status of call centres is defined in Russian taxi legislation

Prospects: Development of Legislation and Technologies

Integration with navigation and

information systems on transport

Interaction with state Information systems

System of Urgent services

States Services Portal

Insurance

Ministry of transport data

base

Tachographs

Regional Monitoring

Systems

ITC

High Level WG Smart Move in Eurasia

Workshop “Facilitation of national and international bus and coach Transport to ensure accessible and sustainable mobility for all”Moscow, 23 May 2014

Creation of the Working Group Smart Move on passenger transport in Eurasia under the auspices of CIS Coordination Transport Council, which includesWorking Group on Taxi

International Eurasian Taxi Forum St. Petersburg, August 2014

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