Banks to offer taxi drivers special, cheaper loans
Mayor Kaladze said the government has already held consultations with the banks. Photo: Screenshot from Tbilisi City Hall video.
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Taxi drivers will be provided with cheaper bank loans, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced today.
Starting July 1 taxi drivers will be divided into categories A and B and banks will offer cheap loans to category A drivers.
Mayor Kaladze said the government has already held consultations with the banks.
The new taxi rules will take effect on October 1, 2019. Photo: 1tv.ge.
He added the taxi drivers encounter difficulties when taking loans as they have no fixed income.
The banks will make a statement regarding the offer to the drivers in three or four days,” Mayor Kaladze stated.
Category B license holders will be permitted to work for taxi applications such as Taxify or Uber and provide their services to the Tbilisi population; they will not be allowed to take a passenger directly from the street.
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