the blockades and the gathering at Place Bellecour lifted in the metropolis of Lyon

Mobilized since yesterday Monday, the Rhône taxis lifted the blockages on the main roads and the rally ended on Place Bellecour.

Towards the end of the movement in Lyon. After mobilizing since Monday and all day this Tuesday, December 3, Rhône taxis lifted the blockages on the roads and main roads of the Lyon metropolis at the start of the evening.

The gathering which was held on Place Bellecour in Lyon has also ended, specifies the Rhône prefecture on its X account.

However, taxi drivers have not finished showing their anger across the country. “We see that the regional movement has succeeded. There has been an echo as far as Paris. The mobilization will evolve. The slogan is that those who wish to continue join the demonstrators in Paris”, indicates Bilal Bouammar, union representative FTI 69 in Lyon to our colleagues from Progrès.

Numerous blockages and disruptions for two days

Angry against the new Health Insurance convention on the pricing of transport of sick people to hospital among others, taxis had decided to protest this Monday in several cities in France.

“We are against the grouping of patients in vehicles, which creates an increased health risk. We are also demanding a 30% reduction in Social Security payments for the same work, knowing that we work between 50 and 60 hours per day. week”, Maxime Lardellier, driver between Courzieu and Brussieu, explained on the microphone of BFM Lyon.

Many roads were therefore disrupted and slowdowns occurred for two days. This was the case at the Noeud des Iles interchange, on the A43 near Saint-Priest (Porte des Alpes), on the A7/A450 interchange as well as on the A7 near the interchange with the southern urban boulevard.

On the M6, two out of three lanes had been blocked at Porte du Valvert.