I said "planned" and not "expected" because in reality it seems this has a long way to go, and will be a big fight.

According to the new, Regev has not yet involved the various regulatory services that need to be involved and to figure how they can legally operate, nor has she involved any other Ministries yet that need to be coordinated with. And beyond that, the taxi driver associations are promising to fight this as they have in the past.

It seems the big obstacle is that taxi drivers have all sorts of requirements such as insurance that is four times the price of a private vehicle, expensive licensing, regulations, purchase of a "number" that allows them to drive passengers for a fee, and more, and they consider it unreasonable they need to pay all that and comply with all the various regulations and then the State goes ahead and lets anybody who wants to to drive passengers for a fee without all the regulations, licensing, insurance, et al.

Another problem considered significant is that studies have shown Uber causes more traffic as people tend to abandon public transportation and use Uber, making more cars on the road. Additionally, they say it also causes more traffic because more cars are driving around empty until they get a fare or returning from a fare. Supposedly this is one of the big reasons it was turned down in the past when Yisrael Katz (today Defense Minister) when he was Transportation Minister.

In general I think this can be a big benefit. It will bring prices down and will also allow any average person with a car to make a little money on the side. Obviously all the regulatory stuff needs to be worked out. The argument of the taxi drivers is reasonable asking why they need to pay so much more and follow more rules if the State is then going to just allow anyone who wants to to drive passengers with no regulations and fees. I would not be surprised if this doesn't go through in the end because of that, but it would be a shame. I hope they find a reasonable way to work it out and compensate the taxi drivers and make it cheaper and easier for them to continue driving as well if they should choose to. If Uber does get final approval, I can imagine them all suing the State and then quitting their driving jobs and driving for Uber instead with less overhead.

Also, I am wondering, will this new allowance for Uber allow anyone to drive anyone for a fee similar to Uber or will the allowance be specific to Uber and private drivers not affiliated with Uber will still not be allowed to drive?