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New York's Yellow Cabs Have A New Weapon In Their War Against Uber:Gadgets
Riding in a yellow taxi used to be a miserable experience, which helps explain why Uber and Lyft were able to swoop in and so thoroughly disrupt the industry. Fed up with unreliable and dirty taxi...
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TfL's Ministry Of Misinformation...Keep Calm And Tell Them Nothing...byJim...
Over the last few years, TfL have continued to drag their feet when asked to publish the Private Hire related serious sexual assault and rape statistics. Their webpage- where these figures should be...
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The UTG Done Deal Credit Card Mandate Omni Shambles Rolls On....by JimThomas.
Last Thursday night, CMT's complete system shut down and driver's could not sign in, or clear a payment for hours.In just over four weeks time, under the proposed Unite Taxi group(UTG) done deal...
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Update from the ITA : THE BELLY IS A RASCAL..... ITA HAVE POSTPONEDMONDAY'S...
The ITA have advised me that their decision is based upon the current state of trade reticence.The trade seems to take comfort in the fact that the Mayor of London is trying his utmost to combat Uber...
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#SaveTaxi Wheelchair fundraiser success for Canonbury cycle crashvictim.
Cycle crash victim Alex Doodle will no longer have to “crawl” to and from the taxis they rely on get to hospital appointments after a #SaveTaxi crowdfunder hit its target of £3,000 within a week.As...
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Carry On, Follow That Camel ! ... By Im Spartacus.
So folks in another travel bulletin, here's how the cab trade works in Dubai.ALL cabs are owned by the Dubai version of TfL, they maintain the fleet, insure, put the fuel in etc etc bit like the old...
View ArticleGreenbadge John's View On The Eventuality Of CC Rental Charges
TFL cannot prevent business owners (Taxi Drivers) from using equipment they already own so the equipment they are forcing into vehicles will eventually become redundant.All the suppliers of this...
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A Request, To All Licensed Taxi And Private Hire Orgs... From LeeWard-ALPHA.
I am formally requesting that a committee of Associations be set up from across the country.This committee will be a steering group for the whole industry, therefore representatives from both tiers are...
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The ongoing credit card saga...Letters from Tom Scullion and DadsDefending...
Tfl in its infinite wisdom made a very hasty decision to make it compulsory to have fixed terminals in the back of London Taxis without consultation with the working Taxi drivers. Many of us have...
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A Quickie Knowledge, Or A Two Tiered Knowledge System?....by Jim Thomas.
Over the last few months, while the trade has again been decided over the intended CC mandate, transaction charges and siting of the machine, TfL seem to have used the oppotunity to slip in the frame a...
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TfL Treats Veteran Cabby With 58 Years Service Deplorably.
LONDON TAXI DRIVER. DENNIS DURACK.I thought you might like to know the high esteem that TFL hold for the London cabbies.I decided to retire from driving a cab in London after 58 years ( I got my...
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CMT Freedom Solution, Boot Up Bug Fix....by Jim Thomas
If you have the CMT Freedom solution fitted in your Taxi, you may have had occasions where the system fails to boot up, using the reboot option from the off switch doesn't help.It's very...
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LTDA AGM Written Questions Not Answered....by Sean Paul Day.
The questions below were presented to the auditors and COM of the LTDA at the AGM on the 16th September. No answers were forthcoming. Steve Mac made assurances that all the questions would be answered...
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Destruction by Design? ... By I'm Spartacus.
To absolutely no surprise to the Taxi trade, it's been exposed that not only Private Hire topographical testing is worthless, the medicals are equally so.As Taxi Drivers, we all can only go to our own...
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It's Not All Gloom And Doom : Little Aaliyah Louise Arrives In A Taxi
Aaliyah Louise, born October 4 weighing six pounds and eight ouncesA Caterham mother who was forced to have her baby in the back of a taxi has praised the "amazing" taxi controller who acted as her...
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UCG letter to Sadiq Khan demanding action following the Sun exposure...
Dear Mr KhanAs I am sure you are aware The Sun recently printed an article by Jake Ryan exposing alleged corruption concerning medicals for Private Hire and Uber drivers.Three GPs are said to have...
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Cycle Superhighway Lanes Are Strangling The Life Out Of London : SquareMile...
Traffic jams in the Square Mile are being made worse because road space has been lost to make way for Cycle Superhighway routes, according to a report by the City of London Corporation.Officials say...
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TaxiApp Goes Live Today
Thursday 6th October 2016 see’s the launch of a new Taxi App, “oh no not another app” I hear you say, well yes, another app but this time it is different from the previous offerings.Previously all of...
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LTPH To Allow Addison Lee The Right To Use a The Word Taxi To AdvertiseThere...
Again, we see TfLTPH bending over backwards to facilitate a 'private hire operator' circumnavigate statutory legislation laid down by Parliament. Have you ever wondered what LTPH's legal department...
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LTDA Branch Meeting 13th October, A Call For Questions From Members ToBe...
The next LTDA branch meeting, will be held Primrose a Hill Community Association, 29 Hopkinsons Place NW1 8TN, on Thursday the 13th October at 7pm. Items on the agenda will include General Secretary's...
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