Uber and Bolt drivers want to increase prices and criticise the companies for not allowing it
The “abrupt” rise in fuel prices justifies the drivers' request, who consider the platforms' position “incomprehensible and unacceptable”.

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The “abrupt” rise in fuel prices justifies the drivers' request, who consider the platforms' position “incomprehensible and unacceptable”.

In a letter addressed to the platforms, the President of APTAD, Ivo Miguel Fernandes, states that in recent weeks there has been an “abrupt” increase in fuel prices, which has a direct impact on TVDE services.

The private passenger transport sector, which includes services such as Uber, Bolt, and taxis, is one of the most affected by the recent rise in oil prices. Since the conflict in the Middle East escalated on February 28th with the US and Israeli attack on Iran, fuel prices have soared in recent...

Should a user be able to choose to be driven by a driver who speaks Portuguese? And, during times of peak demand, should the fare be capped or have no limit at all? These are two of the points addressed by the proposals to revise the law regulating the activity of individual and paid passenger transport in unmarked vehicles.
