After the Blue sign Buses and Cycles only went up on the corner of Oxford Street and Portman Street, the ITA started making plans to move the 'Where Buse Go Taxis Go' Protests To Westminster.
Yesterday, a temporary red sign was placed at the junction saying Taxi were presently included while current road work takes place, but the more permanent signage saying Buses and Cycles only, was uncovered by a concerned Taxi driver. He told Taxi Leaks:
"This is just like the right turn onto Wigmore Street....they covered that up too. I saw the covered sign and desired to park on the Amba and creep back and uncover. I knew this was what would be there so I took the covering away back to my cab".
The ITA was immediately informed and plans were made to move the protests to Oxford Street, Wigmore Street, Orchard Street. A letter was drafted informing local businesses that they would no longer be serviced by the Best Taxi Service in the World!
Westminster Councils 'Roads and Transport Manager' was sent a communication by email and a standard reply said he was on holiday. But... someone must have read the email and panicked because with in half an hour, the ITA had received word from the council that like before.... again the word Taxi had been left off the signage in a clerical error, and that the offending signage would be removed ASAP.
So there you have it.... Again, the threat of progressive militant action from the only group fighting for this trade, has resulted in a successful conclusion.
But we must not relax, as things could change daily with Westminster, they can’t be trusted. They could be telling us what we want to hear as they don't want any hold ups in the new road layout.
It's now up to our wonderful orgs and unions to do their bit and get some sort of guarantee from Westminster the, Where Buses Go...Taxis Go.
