To ensure Taxi Rank abuse by private and commercial vehicles is acted upon, at the next compliance meeting can United Cabbies Group, The London Cab Drivers Club, The London Taxi Drivers Association, The RMT and Unite Cab section, request that TfLTPH demand the enforcement of Taxi ranks by Local Councils and not pass the buck onto individual Taxi drivers to report!
Every day the working Marks & Spencer rank at North Wharf Rd is completely taken over by goods vehicles.
Photo taken 14:44 (18/10/18)
We asked TfLTPH to please go down there and arrange with the council to have this vehicles removed.....this was their 'passing the buck' scripted reply!
Please report non-licensed vehicles parked on ranks to the local council. The links to do so can be found at:
Surely as our Regulator, and effectively the governors of these ranks, TfLTPH should be reporting and demanding action be taken by the relevant local councils, not us.
TfLTPH refused to comment further.
(Which shows the contempt they hold us in)
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT :
Reporting unauthorised parking on taxi ranks
Cars and other vehicles parked on taxi ranks can be reported to the relevant borough, or to TfLTPH if the taxi rank is on a red route, so action can be taken.
Private hire vehicles (PHVs) parked on ranks or unattended taxis on ranks should be reported directly to us so as we can take action. Use this link below to report
Compliance meetings with the trade are a regular event, yet very little content from these meetings seems to make it into the trade media.
Taxi Leaks would like to take this opportunity to offer unlimited space on the blog to any org who wishes to post an article to the trade, regarding any meeting with TfL.
Let's have no more secret squirrel meetings with our regulators. Let's get the message out there to the rank and file driver.