Taxis are continuing to show solidarity with the communities they serve after over a year on the front line of the fight against the pandemic. With vaccination efforts advancing, taxi drivers are once again stepping up to transport the most vulnerable members of our communities.
In Berlin, Germany, thousands of free taxi rides to and from vaccination centres have been offered to those aged 80 and over. The city’s taxi association has worked with local authorities to launch the initiative, which has been highly successful. “We have already taken around seven thousand people to vaccination centres,” said Hermann Waldner, who heads up the Berlin taxi association, part of IRU member BZP.
IRU associate member Free Now is offering free rides worth a total of EUR 1 million to passengers travelling to and from vaccination centres in the EU cities served by the app. The initiative is part of Free Now’s strategy to support local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.