Will this countermeasure solve the late-night taxi problem? Hear from Minister Won Hee-ryong

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Then, let's talk more with Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong about the late-night taxi measures that the government has introduced today (4th).

[Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong: (It's really hard to get a taxi these days at night.) I also went out and picked up stars in the sky.]

[Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong: Compared to before Corona, in the case of Seoul, there are 5,000 fewer cars in the middle of the night.

So it will take some time to recover right now with 5,000 units, and first of all, we are aiming to produce about 3,000 more units by the end of the year.

It should go well.]

[Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong: The success rate is now less than 20%, and the short distance is less than 10%.

However, when about 3,000 cars come out, it will go up to 50%, but once it starts to gain momentum, I think it is important to open the door because the taxi, platform industry, and our passengers also change.]

[Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong: From the perspective of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, it is urgent right now, so I give momentum to the calling fee, so that the drivers who left are returned first.

Then, if the late-night surcharge or basic rate is increased, how much of the article was effective at night, and whether this is an acceptable rate for the public, strictly analyze these data and provide information to the public. We are going to re-adjust to a level that the people can accept by making it public.]

[Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong: If we now raise 3,000 more taxis through the existing taxi call rate increase, our goal is to make 5,000 more vehicles come out. Either way, it doesn't help our passengers' right to go home.

Then, I think there is no choice but to increase the number of non-taxi, such as non-taxi, Tadana and Uber, to more than a few thousand.]

[Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong: At that time, the problem suddenly collided like that because we did not go through dialogue or interest adjustment sufficiently in advance.

In the future, we will continue to discuss mid- to long-term structural measures through dialogue.]

[Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong: Until the end of the year or around February, we see the results of the existing individual and corporate taxi calls, and from the perspective of the public, "Ah, this is just raising the fare and everything is just thinking about your own greed. Doesn't it come out?" In this case, we have no choice but to largely eliminate the so-called type 1 non-taxi, such as non-taxi, Tada and Uber.

As I repeat, we prioritize the people's right to go to their homes and the right to move, not the taxi vested interest.

Then, whether it is a corporate taxi or a private taxi, the absolute standard is to drive a car and to actually come out at that time and connect it with the income and treatment of the drivers who will take passengers, but we think that the rest is a matter of improving the treatment of the people and drivers. do.

We will not compromise with the innovation of the taxi system and non-taxi system this time because of vested interests or existing inertia.]