United Taxi Demo Could Be The Biggest Taxi Demo Ever Seen In London…by Jim Thomas
Carpe Diem : In the Wake Of The EU Taxi Alliance Demo, Tomorrow... It's Our Turn....and this time, we are UNITED. Many drivers complain that every time we demo, the media say it's about Uber Well, lets get one thing straight UBER are not the elephant in the room! UBER...
London black-cab drivers reject Uber olive branch
Move by taxi-hailing firm to let rivals use its app for nothing for 12 months dismissed as publicity stunt Uber will allow black cabs to appear on its app and be chosen by users who would pay electronically through their phone. Uber has offered to allow black cabs to...
European Parliament Discusses Ride Sharing Services and the Regulatory Framework for Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles
We have been advised that the European Commission are to investigate and debate passenger transport by taxi, hire car with driver and ridesharing in the European Union! A leaked email has come into our possession with details of a European Commission study into taxis,...
Boris Johnson’s Latest Cycle Plans Will Kill London
Boris Johnson today faced a storm of protest from motorists and taxi divers over plans to create new cycle lanes on key routes in London. The radical proposals include banning traffic from one lane on the busy Westway and a rush hour ban in Regents Park. City Hall...
Open Letter To TfL, Over Growing Contempt For The London Taxi Trade…by Will Grozier.
Dear Mr Bradley Thank you for your invitation to comment, as a contributing respondent, to the proposal document being carried forward following the Private Hire Regulations Consultation. I think I may speak for a vast majority of my fellow licensed Taxi Drivers in...
LTDA’s General Secretary Steve McNamara, Confirms Support For United Taxi Trade Demo
A few weeks ago I promised an update on the many things happening within our trade and the LTDA’s lobbying and other involvement. Credit Cards The response to Transport for London’s (TfL’s) consultation into Credit Card acceptance in taxis was massively in favour of...
Transport for London’s plan to make all Black Cabs accept card payments is great news – but the details tilts the playing field against them
By Derek Stewart co-founder of CabApp, a mobile booking and payment app for Black Cabs in the UK and licensed Taxis in Ireland. We all love simplicity and speed. Last weekend I popped into my local Apple Store at Bluewater to get a new charging cable. Instead...
TfL Statement : Card Payments To Be Accepted By Every Black Cab.
Travelling in one of London's iconic black cabs is about to become even easier. Today (3 February) it was confirmed that every London taxi will be required to accept card payments for their fares by October this year. The move was approved by the Board of...
Radio ads banned for depicting foreign minicab drivers as ‘underhand’
ASA censures London taxi body's campaign for reinforcing negative stereotypes about eastern European drivers Two complaints were made that the campaign was racist and offensive The advertising regulator has banned a London radio campaign by the Licensed Taxi Drivers...
Violent Minicab Tout Deported After Attack On Taxi Driver.
Justice finally catches up with violent minicab tout. An illegal minicab tout who dodged deportation for ten years is finally being booted out of the country for attacking a black cab driver, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Lounes Khalfi, 53, spat at cabbie Paul...
German city Hamburg seeks to ban Uber ride service
HAMBURG/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Hamburg has told Uber, a U.S. car service whose smartphone app summons rides at the touch of a button, to stop operating in the German city, adding to resistance the company has faced globally from local regulators and taxi drivers. San...
Police work with taxi drivers and private hire companies to reduce violent crime in Milton Keynes
POLICE are working with taxi drivers and private hire companies in an attempt to reduce the number of confrontations with customers. As previously reported by MK NEWS, 21-year-old Faith Blumberger, from Woughton on the Green, called for private hire companies to be...
Checkers back in New York City. For a brief moment.
Although the last regular Checker cab disappeared from New York’s streets in 1999, Checker Motors stopped making cabs in 1982 and the Kalamazoo factory finally packed up in 2010 after its bankruptcy as a parts-supplier to the automotive industry, there still is a...
WA’s state legislation no match for Uber
The head of a new app-based passenger charter service has labelled West Australian transport regulation and set fees as "old stuff" and "antiquated", saying it was up to individual drivers choose whether they abided by the law. Uber regional director Mike Brown, in...
Virginia taxi companies sue Uber, Lyft
Seven Virginia taxi cab and limousine companies filed a civil lawsuit Friday against ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft, the latest move in a fight between the startups and traditional car-hire services. The civil lawsuit argues that Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft...
Crackdown on taxis parked illegally outside Nottingham station
ILLEGAL parking by renegade taxi drivers outside Nottingham railway station is being targeted in a clampdown. The city council is accusing cabbies of "flouting" the double yellow line restrictions in Carrington Street and making the road dangerous. It has vowed to...
Bristol cabbies hit out as at least 100 taxi drivers from as far as Sheffield exploit loophole to work in city
SCORES of taxi drivers from other parts of the country are exploiting a loophole in the law by coming to Bristol looking for work, it has emerged. At least 100 hackney cab drivers from as far afield as Sheffield and Cornwall are taking advantage of the legal anomaly...
Taxi for Barlow! Take That star Gary’s wife Dawn cruises through London traffic… after he ‘buys her a black cab’
Source: MailOnline It cruised through London traffic on Monday morning as the city recovers from a recent spate of tube strikes – but this particular taxi wasn’t searching for potential fares. Indeed, the cab in question appeared to be driven by Gary Barlow’s wife...
Jersey taxi drivers need ‘customer training’ says report
The report found 40% of people felt that customer care from taxi drivers was fair to poor A report on Jersey's transport network has found an "urgent need" for better customer service from taxi drivers. The study by the Jersey Consumer Council found that 40% of the...
Black cab firm proves big success
Coventry taxi firm enjoys resurgence in orders and pride for the world-famous black cab. Workers at London Taxi Company in Holyhead rd, Coventry. The rebirth of Coventry’s iconic taxi firm proved to be a huge learning experience for the man at the helm. But he claims...
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