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£1m payback to victims of Drayton Park road layout bungle
THE Town Hall will have to find up to £1m to repay almost 10,000 illegal fines handed out at a bungled traffic scheme which has caused countless accidents.Calls have now been made to scrap the...
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A dear John Letter. Bullet point no 8. Still putting up.
Dear John Hope you are settling into your new job at Congestion Charging. Just a little question for you. A little while ago, through your legal team officer Abbey Ameen, you sent Taxi Leaks a request...
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Nissan Set To Unveil Final Design For New London Taxi
Nissan will unveil its final design for a new London taxi in the next month, with the firm's executive vice president Andy Palmer confirming he signed off the final production model this week.The car...
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RMT London Taxi Driver Branch Sets Out Demands On Law Commission Review
We note the interim statement from the Law Commission on its consideration of taxi and private hirelegislation.We welcome the indication that the Commission will recommend retaining the distinction...
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TfL chief officers spend more than £1,000 on taxis in three months
Transport for London bosses spent an average of £13 a day on work-related taxi journeys around the capital during the first three months of the year.Over the 90 days of January, February and March, TfL...
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Why Do We Keep On About The Lines Of Illegally Plying For Hire Minicabs?
Last August: A brutal sexual assault on an 18-year-old woman, who believed door staff were putting her into a vetted, licensed, safe form of transport home. Sadly, in real life, this is not the...
View ArticleHow To Make An iPhone App For London Taxi Radio.
Below is the web link for the groundbreaking London Taxi Radio. Watch the video first. We show you how to put this program on your iPhone as a stand-alone app. Takes just seconds to set up. Now click...
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Great News For Hailo In New York.
New Yorkers will be able to pay for taxis via e-hailing apps within 60 daysA deputy commissioner at the New York Taxi & Limousine Commission also says the Hailo hailing app should be approved this...
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And just when we thought it was all over bar the shouting....
After the ground breaking announcement, from the New York Taxi and Limousine commission on the Wednesday 2nd of May, comes this statement this morning; Judge Puts Brakes On E-hail Taxi Apps As Livery...
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TfL reveals cost of New Bus for London fleet
Transport for London is to spend £212m buying 600 of the Mayor’s New Bus for London vehicles.In September the TfL board agreed to purchase the buses, deviating from the standard practice of bus...
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Remembering James Marshal
James Marshal, sadly lost his lifetime battle with an inoperable brain tumour on 29 May 2012 just a few days before his 11th birthday.Back in September 2006 James was chosen to go on a trip of a...
View ArticleHammersmith A4 tunnel 'could replace flyover'
A group of London architects who call Hammersmith Flyover a "terrible act of vandalism" have proposed replacing it with an underpass.Hammersmith and Fulham Council supports the plan following concerns...
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Shape Of Things To Come, As London Licensed Minicab Spotted Working In...
Below, is a post taken from the Manchester Taxi Drivers Forum.click hereUnbelievable, but, true. A London PH car working up here in Manchester. It works on New City, Withington, a particularly down...
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TfLs Poor Performance...the Finale...by Jim Thomas
Notice to take down misleading blog.A few months ago I received an email from The Revenue Prosecution department at Windsor House who were purporting to act for TfL over the publication of what they...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Cleveland Missing teens Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus Michelle...
Cleveland Missing teens Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus Michelle Knight Cleveland police said missing teens Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and a third woman were found in a west side house on Monday. Two...
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Bogus taxi driver attacked girl, 20
A man who pretended to be a taxi driver has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting a girl in Hemel Hempstead.Mashain Pitchei, 45, of Rosebery Way, Tring, was sentenced at St Albans Crown...
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The State Opening Of Parliament: Nobody Does It Better.
The traditional ceremony of the State Opening of Parliament by Her Majesty The Queen will take place today, 8th May 2013. The ceremony in the House of Lords will be conducted in the presence of all...
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Is Northern Ireland A Forerunner Of What London Can Expect From The Law...
All Licensed Taxis and Private Hire, will be able to pick up fares from SeptemberAt present only public hire taxis are allowed to pick up passengers on the streetA major change to how taxis operate in...
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All restrictions are to be removed on the number of licensed taxis allowed on...
Last year the Royal Borough eased restrictions by allowing a maximum of five new licences a month, outraging existing taxi drivers who stormed out of a council meeting swearing at startled...
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'Help find the cabbie whose Knowledge saved my sick baby'
A mother whose baby suffered an extreme allergic reaction today asked for help tracing the black cab driver who helped save the boy’s life and refused to take a fare.Kate Moore said the driver used the...
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