You wait 40 minutes for one to come along… Taxi drivers block streets of Madrid in protest move

Two men walk next to parked taxis blocking the main Castellana avenue in Madrid. Taxi driver unions and Spain’s government are meeting to find a way out of an indefinite strike protesting the proliferation of private ride-hailing services. The disruption on the usually busy main road spilled over to affect traffic across the capital city. Elsewhere, traffic around Barcelona’s busy El Prat airport was chaotic, and the city’s Gran Via was a logjam of vehicles. Valencia, on the east coast, was also hit by the strike. Taxi drivers are angry over a court’s decision to temporarily suspend a move to curb private car ride companies.