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The situation is getting worse every day: expert on the shortage of private minibus drivers

Posted on by L. Dreeye
The situation is getting worse every day: expert on the shortage of private minibus drivers

The situation with the shortage of private minibus drivers is getting worse every day. In general, drivers are afraid to go to Kyiv, and many have not updated their data. The head of the Association of Carriers of Kyiv and the Kyiv Region, Igor Moiseenko, told UNN about this. .

When asked whether the driver shortage has increased since May, Moiseenko replied: “Yes. The situation is getting worse every day. Some carriers struggle to get orders, some succeed, some fail. In general, drivers are afraid to go to Kyiv; many have not updated their data. The situation is very difficult.

In addition, he noted that there is no tendency for women to participate in managing minibuses.

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In May of this year, it was reported that the shortage of private minibus drivers is becoming more difficult and threatens the work of many transport companies providing passenger transportation in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. The shortage of public transport drivers in the capital is also very noticeable. Approximately more than five thousand Kievpastrans drivers have been mobilized.

In the Kiev metro they told an UNN journalist that four more women are preparing to become electric train drivers, and also note a shortage of personnel in a number of technical professions.

UNN I also inquired about the situation in such a traditionally “male” field as taxi services.

According to the Bolt press service, the flow of drivers and orders is very dynamic, and the situation can change from day to day depending on many factors, such as seasonality, weather conditions, etc.

In general, companies note that the number of women in their niche is growing, although not significantly.

For example, in Bolt the proportion of active female drivers is less than 10%. In 2024, the proportion of female drivers has increased slightly compared to previous years.

Uklon reported that 2% of the total number of female drivers currently cooperate with them. This is not much, but a year and a half ago we had only 0.5%.

We would like to add that the reservation of employees from mobilization in the Diya application is temporarily closed. The verification of reservists will last until November 15.