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Brilio.net/en - While the public mostly chooses mobile-apps transportation service instead of conventional ones, services like Grab and Uber have been accused of disrupting the transportation industry across Asia as well as other parts of the world.
We saw thousands of taxi drivers, along with other conventional public transportation drivers, taken Indonesia by storm and brought parts of the capital Jakarta, and bring it to a standstill in a protest against the private hire vehicles (PHV).
Some protesters were seen attacking vehicles and threatening others drivers not taking part in the strike.
Weve seen the same things happened all around the world. These pictures will give us a glimpse of anti-Uber protests around the world:
1. England
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London's transport chiefs announced plans on Wednesday to tighten control on PHV, a move that could hit app-based ride-hailing firms such as Uber.
Drivers of the black cabs, the city's famous public transportation service, have argued Uber violate local licensing and safety laws and amounts to unfair competition. They have staged a number of high-profile protests, causing traffic in the centre of London to come to a standstill, with go-slow demonstrations.
2. Canada
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Uber protesters in Toronto, Canada, wrapped in yellow shirts, listen to city council over new taxi regulations on September 30, 2015. Toronto City council is set to vote on changes to taxi regulations that could regulate ride-hailing app service Uber.
3. Brazil
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The chamber of deputies in the neighborhood of Se, Sao Paulo, Brazil, surrounded by demonstrating taxi drivers on September 9, 2015, against the use of the Uber application in the country. The demonstration was called by the Brazilian association of taxi unions.
4. Italy
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An anti-Uber protest in Rome, Italy sparked on September 10, 2015. Hundreds of Italian taxi drivers, like the one who lights a flare in the picture, dominated the street in Rome to protest against a law proposal in favour of UberPOP, a smartphone application-based transportation network and taxi company. UberPOP employs drivers without the special licenses normally required to drive a taxi.
5. Belgium
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Taxi drivers from all over Europe line a street during a rally against online ride-sharing company Uber, in central Brussels, Belgium, on September 16, 2015.
6. England
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Hundreds of taxi drivers block roads in central London during an anti-Uber protest on September 16, 2015.
7. Poland
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A long march was held by taxi drivers to protest privately hire carriers, including Uber, by blocking streets in the centre of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, on September 24, 2015.
8. Brazil
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Taxis are seen crowding out on the street during a protest against the online car-sharing service Uber in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 9, 2015.
9. Belgium
Image byYves Herman-Reuters
A dummy was decorated with protesting messages during a protest against online ride-sharing company Uber, in central Brussels, Belgium, on September 16, 2015.
10. Australia
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Yellow cabs block the streets of Melbourne's central business district (CBD) during a demonstration against ride-sharing service UberX in Melbourne, Australia, on September 10, 2015.
11. Australia
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Taxi drivers attend an Uber protest in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on September 10, 2015. Demonstrators rallied against the lack of regulation of the Uber ride-sharing service.
12. Indonesia
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Taxis are completely blocking the road in some areas of the capital Jakarta on March 22, 2016.
13. England
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London taxis block the roads, as drivers demonstrate against Uber on September 16, 2015.
14. Indonesia
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Car tyres were set on fire along the road in Jakarta city on March 22, 2016.
15. Indonesia
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One taxi stuck in the crowd, that has become as a viral joke of the Indonesian Walking Dead movie.
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