routes they will take in protest of Bogotá



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The taxi drivers’ strike, which will have the largest mobilization in Bogotá, will start from these points:

  • Engativá Pueblo
  • Fontibón Free Zone
  • Roof Stadium
  • Calle 106 with Carrera 15
  • Calle 63 with Carrera 60
  • Soacha

Those who meet at the first point in Bogotá, according to Noticias Caracol, will leave from 63rd Street, take Ciudad de Cali Avenue to 26th Street, and from there they will go to 13th Street.

From Fontibón, the news indicates that taxis will depart from Calle 13, take Carrera 30, and then Calle 26 to 13.

At the Estadio de Techo, taxi drivers will head down Avenida de las Américas, southwest of Bogotá; They will take 13th Street, 30th Street and then 26th Street until 13th.

On 106th Street with 15th Street, in the north of the city, the Yellows’ Guild will drive down 100th Street, they will take 11th Street to 72nd Street, and they will go up to Seventh Street, the news report said, to 26th Street with 13.

From Calle 63 with Carrera 60, drivers will go on 63 to Seventh, and then to 26 with 13.

Finally, from Soacha, the protesting taxis will take the South Highway with Carrera 30, then Calle 26 until 13, the meeting point.

Once there, the taxi drivers will leave their cars, and will leave on foot towards the Senate of the Republic, added the media.

Why are taxi drivers going on a national strike?

Through the leader of the yellow union Hugo Ospina, the drivers have said that the protests in Bogotá and other cities in the country are due to alleged breaches of President Iván Duque, who received the support of the ‘yellows’ during the campaign.

Likewise, it is to reject bills that are being processed in Congress in order to legalize the transport service of individuals, which It is offered through applications such as Uber, Lyft and inDriver or Cabify.

In other cities such as Medellín, Cali, Manizales and Pereira there will also be taxi mobilizations.

Barranquilla taxi drivers, for their part, announced that they will not participate in the mobilization day, since they do not consider that the time is right.

The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, for its part, has already announced that motorcycles and private cars that provide public transport services without authorization will be sanctioned.



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