Taxi drivers on a strike blocking the accesses to Barcelona, airport and port

Drivers in Barcelona faced misery on Thursday due to a 24-hour taxi drivers’ strike that blocked access to the Catalan capital, its airport and port. More than 480 taxi cabs caused major traffic delays as they drove together at low speed from the airport’s Terminal 1 to the center of Barcelona. Taxi’s also blocked the main truck accesses to the Port of Barcelona, as part of their aim to affect strategic points of the city’s infrastructure. Taxi drivers want a reduction in the number of VTC (Transport Vehicle with Driver) licenses issued every year by the Spanish Ministry of Public Works. These are the kind of licenses used by the Uber and Cabify transportation mobile platforms.