Transfer will break the taxi industry iron plate

Recently, because of dissatisfaction with the rise of the "drip" car and the "quick" car, the cancellation of fuel surcharges, and so on, thousands of taxis in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, collectively confiscated and went to work on the first day of the new year. Brought great inconvenience.

Whose cheese has been moved by the DDT? Has the local taxi industry been in the same line with the hatred of the enemy?

Strikers believe that these taxis do not have a taxi industry operating license, suddenly entered the market collectively, disrupting the market order, and the "black car" is no different.

However, from the perspective of the reaction of the market and consumers, what we see is another sight. Because of their convenience, cleanliness, high service level, and free from the impact of morning and evening peaks, the special cars are still welcomed by consumers despite the price being slightly higher than that of the ordinary taxi industry. Cars may be the ideal taxi for the people.

The emergence of special vehicles has indeed impacted the traditional taxi market objectively. Many drivers may feel that the business is not doing well. However, the special cars may not be the “spoilers” that disturb the market order. This kind of impact may be a catalyst that pushes the traditional taxi industry to accelerate the pace of reform and improve the service level of the industry.

For a long time, the traditional taxi industry has been a monolith because of the relatively monopolistic situation in which taxi companies borrowed to operate licenses. In many places, the management of the taxi industry is not standardized, the level of driver service is poor, and the phenomenon of bargaining, refusal to load, and smashing passengers has not been resolved for a long time. It is difficult to get a taxi in the morning and evening peaks, and passengers are less satisfied, but they have no choice. Taxi drivers carry a high amount of "children's money" every month, and their income level is not high, their work intensity is high and they complain. The lack of effective government management has prevented the taxi industry from becoming an effective complement to public transportation. Passengers, drivers, and the government are not satisfied. Only taxi companies that are licensed for industry access by virtue of their licenses will earn enough money.

Over the years, no matter how consumers, media, and government departments have called for and expressed their position, it has been difficult to promote the market-oriented reform of the industry. There have been incidents of collective taxi strikes. The reforms and explorations that relax access and introduce competition are often deducted from the hat that “disrupts the market order” and are abandoned.

In this case, the special cars appeared like squid, using humane services and good management methods to attract consumers to “vote with their feet” and stir up a dead-living, monolithic taxi market.

What the special cars do is not the spoilers of the market order, but the spoilers who have both interests. Under the city of soldiers, if the traditional taxi industry is not reformed again, it will inevitably suffer even greater impact if it does not want to improve its service level and management level. If we still continue the traditional thinking on licenses and try to maintain the existing pattern of interests through such extreme ways as organizing strikes, it will inevitably be forbidden by consumers and counteract the development of the market economy and the trend of reform.

As the new entrants to the market, there are still many places where development is imperfect or even risky. There is still a need to face the challenge of entry thresholds such as operating licenses. Under the background of reforms that allow the market to play a decisive role in the allocation of resources, relevant management departments should grasp this opportunistic opportunity to force industry reforms, do a good job in introducing competition, promote reform, reduce barriers, and optimize industry management. , to guide the taxi industry to accelerate the development of more humanized products, better service, more standardized management, and more satisfied consumers.