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Taxi Blockade Over New Santa Fe Routes to Rosarito and Playas Continues After Talks Fail

Drivers say the state assigned the routes without consulting long‑standing intermunicipal lines.

Overview

  • IMOS said it met with protesting transport groups and the state’s interior office, but the talks ended with no agreement to reopen the road and only a plan for further work sessions.
  • Union leaders said they will keep blocking the launch of the Santa Fe–Rosarito service until authorities include incumbent operators in the route’s operation.
  • The roadblock on Popocatépetl Street in the Aztlán area involves about 30 taxi drivers who parked units to stop traffic as municipal transit officers monitor the scene and only partial service runs.
  • IMOS recently announced two new public‑transport lines linking Santa Fe with Playas de Rosarito and Playas de Tijuana, saying users welcomed the plan to start service this week.
  • Operators argue the award went to a group led by Antonio Vigil that holds only local permits instead of intermunicipal ones, while some nearby residents back new routes because current service falls short.