Taxi Sí Canarias has called protest convoys for 25 November 2026, 2 December 2026 and 21 January 2027. The association says it represents more than 600 drivers in the Canary Islands. It wants a yearly review of taxi fares, tighter control of new private-hire authorisations, known in Spain as VTCs, and more resources against illegal transport. The dates were set out on Monday 9 November in a statement reported by La Voz de Lanzarote.
Where the convoys will go
The protests are planned as slow processions of vehicles, leaving at the same time from different municipalities in Tenerife and Gran Canaria and meeting in the island capitals, outside administrative headquarters. Drivers in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro are being contacted about extending the protests across the archipelago.
Fares
The main demand is an automatic annual update of urban and interurban fares, tied to real running costs. Isolated rises agreed in recent years are treated as too small, and as "a patch that harms the user". Deals with the employers' side leave out "the grassroots workers who are at the wheel day by day."
Private hire
New VTC authorisations, after regulatory changes approved in the Canary Islands, are the second concern, with a call for more administrative and budget resources to control the rollout.
"It is feared that arguments about the carrying capacity of island roads, levels of traffic congestion, the management of public space, environmental targets and the improvement of air quality will not be enough to hold back more than 9,000 VTCs already in administrative court proceedings, not counting any that may be applied for later."
That figure of more than 9,000 is the association's, not an official count.
A seat at the table
The statement objects to drivers being left out of the drafting of the regional rules. It asks for a regional table that is "democratised and faithfully represented", so the position of taxi drivers on the islands can be dealt with there. Pablo Rodríguez, the regional minister for mobility, and María Fernández, the director general of transport, are criticised for refusing to listen to "the drivers at the wheel".
Illegal carrying for hire is the third complaint, above all at airports, ports and tourist areas. Inspection "has remained a dead letter", and the call is for more police resources to back it up.
The authorities involved are asked to set up working groups to defend and improve the taxi service, and to avoid a stoppage on the dates already called.