UTAG Applauds Council’s Motion Against Uber Operations In Medway
UTAG should like to thank our colleagues in Medway and Cllr Dan McDonald, for inviting us to this important Council meeting at which, Medway Council passed a motion to support the MLTDA in taking legal action against Uber, over their illegal activity in the Medway towns in which they are not licensed.
This illegal activity in Medway, is predominantly being carried out by TfL licensed Uber drivers.
The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing Like The Truth…. By Jim Thomas
While the LTDA are busy braking arms, slapping themselves on the back, in aid of the next Taxi magazine headline.... Taxi Leaks would like to set the record straight by thanking Danny Henderson who made the original FOI request on 11 Fed 2016 to the Met Police....
Action For Cabbies Update : TfL Formally Served.
Action for Cabbies wholly supports and agrees that all taxis should accept credit cards and that passengers are able to pay fares by cards as well as cash; what we do not support is the ban on transaction surcharges and the surcharges being levied against drivers. If...
United Trade Group Snubs Meeting With TfL Over Daniels Attendance.
It's been alleged that yesterday, the LCDC along with other invited trade organisations who make out the exclusive united trade group (UTG), snubbed the the proposed meeting with Tf under the new Mayor. Reason being, Mike Brown was allegedly insisting that Leon...
LTDA Taxi House 18th May 2016 : Drivers Turn Out To Support Sean Day.
Taxi House Woodfield road. Drivers support Sean Paul Day at complaint hearing. This afternoon, Sean Paul Day appeared before a complaints committee at Taxi house, accused of lying about the LTDA's JR bid, they claim was running in parallel with the Action For Cabbies...
Leon Daniels Calls Urgent Meeting With Taxi Trade Orgs.
We have received information, from an extremely reliable source, that Leon Daniels is calling an urgent meeting with all trade orgs ! Our source states all trade orgs, but what they actually mean is, only those trade orgs whom TfL allow to sit at their table. The UCG,...
Has The Licensed Taxi Trade, Lost The Battle Of Heathrow ?….by Paul Sweeney
Speaking to other drivers at Heathrow today, I was informed that the Hilton hotel, terminal 4 is now operating a rank type system, where the concierge actually calls uber cars up to the main entrance, loads the punters in and off they go. No prebooked etc zero....
The Taxi Trade Haven’t Been Paranoid…TfL Really Are Helping Uber Circumnavigate Legislation.
News broke last night, of two emails which have been exposed, showing conversations between TfL's Leon Daniels and the Head of Uber UK, Jo Bertram. First, at the GLA Transport committee we had the lie from Leon Daniels 'They have switch on, switch off insurance'....
EXCLUSIVE: Uber’s rival says it uses ‘tax avoidance on an industrial scale,’ and wants Europe to investigate
An alliance of London minicab drivers wants the EU to probe Uber's tax arrangements and grill founder Travis Kalanick personally on the issue. Business Insider has seen a copy of a letter sent by the London Private Hire Car Association (LPHCA) to the chair of the...
Westminster Council is against the CS11 Cycle Superhighway
They have criticised Camden Council for refusing to publish its own response to the scheme. In a highly critical draft response, Westminster City Council says it “objects to the proposals being implemented on behalf of its residents and businesses” and “supports...
Bottled It Again?: LTDA Tone Down AdVan Message by Jim Thomas
The best thing to come out of Taxi House for many years was the hard hitting AdVan poster, showing the public the true extent of the dangers of using an unbooked minicabs. The poster was backed up by a freedom of information request reference number and carried an...
Rideshare Drivers Still Cornered Into Insurance Secrecy
Even though insurance coverage for UberX and Lyft drivers has greatly improved over the last year, many drivers are still confused by mixed messages about when and what to tell their personal insurance providers. When Sarah, a Lyft driver from Los Angeles,...
South-African pop star Nikki Williams accuses Uber driver of sexual harassment while getting ride to her home in L.A.
South-African singer/ songwriter Nikki Williams is the latest passenger to come forward saying that she was sexually assaulted by her Uber driver 'Just reported my Uber driver for sexual Harrassment. He tried to grab & kiss on me in my own driveway. Fought him off...
Four cities selected to pilot driverless forms of transport
Four areas of England have been chosen to trial driverless road vehicles in a Government-backed project. Greenwich in London, Bristol, Milton Keynes and Coventry will share £10m from Innovate UK – the new name for the Technology Strategy Board – to help fund trials of...
Delta Taxis’ licence to operate in Liverpool revoked by council
Authority says Delta broke the conditions of its private hire operator’s licence Liverpool council has today revoked the licence of Delta Taxis to operate in the city. The company was issued with a new private hire operator’s licence on November 18 to enable them to...
Boston Uber Driver Accused Of Raping Passenger In Back Seat
A driver for the ride-sharing service Uber was arraigned in Boston on Wednesday for allegedly kidnapping and raping a passenger who'd gotten into his car. The female passenger got into a vehicle operated by Alejandro Done, 46, around 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 6, according to...
Women partygoers put at risk over festive season as taxi firms ban advance bookings
SAFETY campaigners fear women could be at risk from predators and bogus taxi drivers after a number of private hire companies introduced the new policy. WOMEN will be put at risk over the party season by a new ban on advance taxibookings, safety campaigners have...
Face of taxi driver, 78, beaten to a pulp by three men in a row over £11 fare
Kenneth Wolfe was cornered and attacked by men in Southend, Essex The 78-year challenged them after they failed to pay their £11 fare The attackers, all in their 20s, were sentenced to total of 24 years in prison One of the men, Axl Gilbert, was determined to be at...
Breaking news : Uber Banned, Ahead of French taxi protest.
(Reuters) - The UberPop transport service will be forbidden in France beginning Jan. 1, the French interior ministry said on Monday, the latest regulatory hurdle for the controversial car service company. The announcement came as taxi unions called a one-day action to...
Uber Turned on Surge Pricing for People Fleeing Sydney Hostage Scene
In the midst of a hostage situation in downtown Sydney, Australia, Ayn Rand's favorite car service, Uber, turned on its wildly expensive surge pricing for customers trying to get away from the armed siege. And lest you think this was the fault of an insensitive...
Uber Has A Huge Group Of Lobbyists, And They’re Helping Uber Achieve World Domination
Uber is operating in 110 more US cities than it did a year ago, according to the Washington Post. Uber currently operates in 138 US cities. The company was only in 28 cities in 2013. Uber's method for entering new markets is in line with its well-documented aggressive...
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