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Taxi Drivers to Be Banned From Budapest Castle District If They Flout Rules

• 30 Mar 2023 5:11 AM
• Hungary Matters

The City Assembly approved a proposal to ban taxi drivers who flout the rules from Budapest’s Castle District for six months.

“Scavenger” taxi drivers have been a persistent nuisance in the Castle for years, parking in prohibited areas and preying on and price-gouging foreign tourists, the district’s mayor, Márta V Naszályi, told a press conference before a meeting of the assembly.

The opposition Párbeszéd politician said a meeting of taxi company representatives, the Budapest metropolitan council and the Budapest transport company BKK resulted in a proposal to amend parking regulations.

Taxi drivers who flout the rules can be banned from the Castle District for six months under the proposal.

MTI Photo: Zsolt Szigetváry

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