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The vehicles that provide taxi service in Lima and Callao whose manufacturing models correspond to the years 2005 and 2006; that is, with more than 15 years old, They will be able to continue circulating until December 31 of this year.

This is how he arranged Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC)by expanding the Schedule of the Extraordinary Permanence Regime for vehicles destined for the taxi service in Lima and Callao (RM nº 273-2022-MTC/01).

The rule states that These vehicles must be in good working order, which will be accredited by a certificate of Vehicle Technical Inspection.

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It also indicates that the vehicles will have to comply with the technical conditions and other requirements established by the National Transportation Administration Regulation.

Luis Quispe Candia, from the NGO Luz Ámbar, points out that vehicles for transporting people must have a maximum 15 years old according to National Transportation Administration Regulation; however, with this measure the MTC extends the circulation of these units until December of this year.

For Quispe Candia, this provision is a populist measure to try to look good with the population, but this means more pollution. He adds that we have an oversupply of taxis in Lima and Callao by having a fleet of almost 300 thousand cars (including applications) and at least 10 or 20 thousand taxis are over 15 years old.

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Along these lines, he warned that the ATU is not entering with force in the reform. “The ATU has not yet advanced with the implementation of the integrated service, as long as this does not exist, there will continue to be old taxis.”

While, Ellioth Tarazonanormative technical manager of the Automotive Association of Peru, points out that Lima is one of the most polluted cities and that it is necessary that the MTC ask the MEF for a budget initiate the scrap program in order to remove obsolete vehicles. He also said that exceptionalities must be respected. In other words, if a schedule is established, in this case until December, it is respected and not extended.

For his part, transportation expert Lino de la Barrera indicated that it has not been decided how many taxis we should have in Lima and that this measure is presented as a safeguard to avoid taking people out of the market. “Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, the owners of the vehicles have been left without the possibility of renewing.”

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Mariana Alegre, Lima How are we doing

Mariana Alegre, from Lima How are we going, notes that this is not an extension but a benefit for the pause that many units have had for the pandemic and that this extension of the useful life of the car is related to productivity. “Shelf life is being extended, in quotes, by the time it was not used.”

Luis Quispe Candia, Amber Light NGO

“In Lima and Callao there is one taxi oversupply. There is a fleet of almost 300,000 taxis and at least 10 or 20,000 units are over 15 years old”.

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The air pollution in lima 70% is generated by the vehicle fleet and the quality of the fuels.

Ellioth Tarazona, from the AAP, recalled that in December 2021 the US Environmental Protection Agency warned that in Lima and Callao 11,000 people died a year from particulate matter 2.5, which is the carbon emitted by vehicles.