Uber stops operating in Valencia

The company has decided to cease its activity from May 31, which means Uber suspends its services in Valencia

Through a message published on its Twitter profile and a text written and signed by its Director of Uber Spain, the transport company has informed its users that Uber will no longer be present in Valencia starting tomorrow, May 31.

The reasons why the company led by Juan Galiardo has decided to cease its activity are the local regulation that requires VTC companies to provide service with a minimum of 15 minutes between the user’s request and the arrival of the vehicle with a driver.

This service, which will stop being offered from tomorrow, UberX in Valencia had been active for only a few months. From the outset, this has generated complaints from other passenger transport sectors in the Valencian area.

Galiardo himself describes this decision with regret for the repercussions it will have, since it means the loss of a job for those professional drivers who had found in Uber in Valencia a way to earn a living, and for users of these services, since they lose an option for choosing the type of car transport with a driver they prefer when getting around.

The text closes by thanking both groups, drivers and users of Uber in Valencia, for the trust placed in UberX, which indicates that this decision is final and, at least for now, irrevocable, although it shows its interest in being present again, provided that the regulation requiring VTC companies in Valencia to maintain a minimum of a quarter of an hour between the request for a car and its arrival at the meeting and pickup point is changed.

Uber disappears from the map

Galiardo does not forget the controversy regarding what happened in Catalonia and, more specifically, in Barcelona, and demands that “fair regulation” be applied.

A situation that companies like his and others, such as Cabify, are already trying to redirect through the study of legal actions that would overturn local rulings through appeals to higher courts.

Be that as it may, the disappearance of Uber in Valencia is imminent. There seems to be no option for a return in the near future but, undoubtedly, the business of VTC companies and, above all, the largest ones such as this one, which offers service in more than 600 cities around the world, will seek the necessary means to resume operations in those places where restrictions on their activities are intended to be imposed.