Taxi strike called off after internal vote

The taxi strike in Barcelona has ended after drivers decided in a mass vote to accept a proposal from the Catalan government for regulating ridesharing companies like Uber and Cabify.

The decision puts an end to a six-day-long protest that left one of the city’s main avenues blockaded, and which saw taxi drivers clashing with police and vandalizing ridesharing vehicles.

The results (2,508 in favor to 2,177 against) were announced in the small hours of Thursday, following a day of tense mass meetings.