In recent years, Simone Berkelmans, owner of a taxi company, was part of a sounding board group of the municipality of Tilburg in which problems and bottlenecks of taxi transport around the fair were discussed. One of the goals was to improve the city's hospitality, says Berkelmans. “In the meantime, about 140 taxi drivers have followed courses and purchased the expensive taxi vignette.”

The sounding board group also discussed the shortage of pitches. “We were only allocated 25 pitches this year. That is the same number as last year, but with 140 permit holders, it should be at least double,” says Berkelmans. The taxi drivers are not only concerned about the number of stands, but also about the distance from the fair. “In a number of places we are three hundred meters away from the fair. “It will be chaos on Saturday evening and during Pink Monday,” she predicts.

“People don't know where the taxis are. If at the end of the evening about three hundred visitors leave the Bierhal with alcohol, it can become unsafe. There can only be a few taxis and then there may be a literal fight for a taxi. Instead of eliminating bottlenecks, we have now created one.”

It is possible that the drivers themselves look for customers. It is possible that they themselves create and look for other places that are closer to the fairground. “That can also lead to dangerous traffic situations.”

The municipality is aware of the signals. The municipality says there are as many places as in previous years. The pitches are also the same distance as last year. If there are problems, there will be a daily look at what can be improved, "for example with information signs, but fundamentally little will change," says a spokeswoman.

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