Win your own LDH taxi to beat the commute
To celebrate this year's London Double Header at Twickenham on 6 September, Premiership Rugby is offering you the chance to arrive home from work in the lap of luxury inside an Aviva Premiership Rugby London Double Header cab. Four London taxis have been decorated...
Support London Taxi drivers’ fight against deregulation
RMT members on the march, photo Paul Mattsson On 14 August, the Uber taxi fare mobile phone app was banned in Berlin. This followed protests in cities across Europe against the software. Dave Wallis, a London taxi driver, RMT member and Bob Crow's cousin, says why...
‘Dangerous’ east London Minicab tout jailed for a year
A minicab tout, who drove along the pavement and at dangerous speeds to escape police, has sentenced to a year in prison. Mohammed Bilal Hadji, 43, of Newham Way, Newham, was caught illegally trying to pick up customers by an undercover officer in Shaftesbury Avenue....
Reasons Why Every Taxi Driver Should Attend Next Months Mass Demo…by Jim Thomas.
Over the last ten years, fundamental flaws have appeared in the licensing process governing Taxis and private hire in London. TfL's bias against the Taxi trade, has never been so pronounced as it is at present. PH company's have been licensed on a nod and a wink,...
Boris told, make taxi app or, ‘Uber will destroy them’
A FORMER Conservative MP has challenged London mayor Boris Johnson to release an app for London’s black cab trade and beat Uber at its own game. Ex-Corby member of parliament, Louise Mensch, (43) lives in New York and says her experience of using Uber cabs in...
Flash Demo And TaG Hit Squad, Hit FireHouse Restaurant In Chiltern Street And Broadstone Place…by Jim Thomas
Last night, with the help of the TaG hit Squad and the Flash Demo Twitter accounts, disgruntled drivers Turned up in a steady stream at the new, pretentious eatery just off Baker Street, the Firehouse and took back work from the cars touting outside. I received a...
LONDON TAXI SCULPTURE UNVEILED AT HEATHROW’S TERMINAL 2
A new sculpture called ‘London Taxi’ by artist Benedict Radcliffe has been unveiled at Heathrow’s Terminal 2: The Queen’s Terminal. The artwork is inspired by the iconic and traditional design of London’s black taxis, and gives a new perspective on a well-recognised...
M25 speed camera switch on
The speed cameras on the M25 [PICS: Google Maps] THE Highways Agency are in the process of switching on speed cameras on the M25 between the M11 and the Dartford Crossing. Cameras were fixed to some of the gantries which were installed when the 16-mile stretch of the...
Taxi And Private Hire, On Street Enforcement, Not Fit For Purpose? …by Jim Thomas.
The danger of a passenger getting into a minicab outside a night venue, driven by a driver with no PHV license, no adequate insurance, is now at an all time high. There are an estimated 65,000 licensed private hire drivers, but there are also thousands of second hand...
Taxis and buses will go electric automatically on Britain’s most polluted streets as Boris orders hi-tech hybrid vehicles for London
'Geo-fencing' technology will let vehicles switch to electric in certain zones Vehicles will become 'zero emission' as they travel on most polluted streets All new taxis must be hybrid by 2018 under new plans by Boris Johnson Part of a wider scheme to tackle air...
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