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TFL's Helping Hand For Uber, A Bit Of Luck, Or Contrived ?
While Uber Could Theoretically Pay No Fees For Three More Years, 46 Private Hire Firms Have Stopped Trading Since The TfL hiked Fees. New figures have shown almost fifty Private Hire Operators have...
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TfL forced to drop plans to slash Taxicard budget in face of Town Hallopposition
Council bosses have welcomed a commitment to maintain funding for the popular Taxicard scheme after Transport for London and City Hall proposed cuts in their support.Operated by London Councils, the...
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The State Of The Trade : Time For A Council Of War ?
When Churchill was offered the post of Prime Minister by the King he said “I only hope it’s not too late, but I fear it is”. Never the less, he took on the job at hand, later at dinner making this...
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PRINCE PHILIPS PERSONAL METROCAB LONDON TAXI RETIRED TO SANDRINGHAM
Earlier last year, HRH Prince Philip handed over his private London taxi to the Sandringham Museum after 18 years of service.Since 1999 the Duke of Edinburgh travelled around London in the green...
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TfL Get A Taste Of Their Own Medicine With oBikes
Move over Santander...OBikes with an online app, are the new boys in town ! And they're so much cheaper it's what the public want :)Santander, £2 for 30 minsOBikes a whopping discounted price 50p for...
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Thousands of minicab drivers flock to 'lenient' Wolverhampton for the licenses
Taking the lead from the way TfL have been raising revenue by dishing out private hire licenses over the last few years, accepting applicants with fake medicals, fake criminal record checks, thousands...
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Dreams Turn Sour, As Chinese Discard Hundreds Of Cycles-For-Hire In Giant Piles
As new bike sharing schemes start to hit cities across the UK, back in China where most of the schemes originated, riders are bumping the bikes in huge piles.It was hoped bike-hire schemes would cut...
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Hero black taxi driver refuses to accept money after rushing familyacross London
Tributes: L-R Olivia, Sebastian, William and Izzy, OIivia's twin sister. (Front L-R) Baby Zach, and parents Chris and Katy ShawA family have praised a hero cabbie who refused to accept payment for a...
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TFL TO OUTSOURCE DRIVER MEDICALS FOR BOTH TAXI AND PH DRIVERS
TFL TO OUTSOURCE DRIVER MEDICALS IN THE WAKE OF THE SUNS EXPOSÉ ON UBER DRIVERS FAKE CHECKS.On Monday Grant Davis represented the London Cab Drivers Club at a meeting with Tfl, in regards to the on...
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Didn't Take Uber's Competitors Long To Find Themselves In Court!(Wheely Quickly)
Well, it didn't take new boys on the block Wheely long to go and get themselves dragged into court. This is quite serious and could affect their operators licence as they have been summonsed to appear...
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TfL Senior Managers Like Rats Abandoning A Sinking Ship As They FaceLosses of...
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT UP FRONT :It appears TfL have grossly mismanaged the Tube, just as they have grossly mismanaged Taxi and Private Hire. The Mayor who chairs TFL's board acts as if a deficit of...
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Social Media Proves To Be Big Success At Tory Fundraiser Ball Flash Demo
Although it was thought a bit late in the day, the London Taxi trade showed just how powerful social media can be at getting the message out to the fleet.Word had been received that Theresa May and...
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After The Ball Is Over....by Colin The Cabby.
Brexiteer Julian Sturdy MP for York Outer.I didn't know anything about the protest, but as I sat in stationary traffic at Cromwell & Queensgate, wondering what the holdup was, the phone...
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Southwark Launches New Anti-Engine Idling Enforcement + Statement FromITA...
Southwark Council is delighted to announce its latest step towards improving London’s air quality. Cllrs Maisie Anderson, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Social Regeneration, and Ian Wingfield,...
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So You Thought She’d Be Safer In An Uber XL, Well, Think Again.
The other night, I spoke to a young man who had just put his beautiful girlfriend into an uber, outside Hakassan restaurant in Bruton Street, after standing about waiting in the freezing cold, even...
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Even More Road Works On The Way : Smart Cats Eyes To Be Introduced ToRoundabouts
Everything to do with the roads seems to be getting the ‘smart’ treatment of late – smart motorways, smart cars. Now cats eyes are the latest part of the road network to get the smart treatment with...
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TfL Trying To Disguise The Fact That Cycle Lanes Are Directly Adding...
TfL are now consulting on the next stage of the Mayor, Sadiq Khan’s plan to help tackle London’s toxic air pollution, which contributes to thousands of early deaths in our city each year. Although...
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So You Thought No One Was Listening To Theresa May At Davos....WellThink Again.
Theresa May speech at Davos:"Uber, a company that's got things wronge along the way, with safety issues and concerns over the protection for its workers."The answer isn't to shut Uber down, but rather...
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London To Reclassify The Toyota Prius As A Polluter ..... By GeraldCoba.
A change in the way CO2 levels are calculated means new Toyota Prius owners will have to pay the London Congestion ChargeNew buyers of the Toyota Priushybrid will no longer be exempt from the London...
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Charity Commission Warns Garden Bridge Trust Over Failing To FileAccounts
Back in January Taxi Leaks posted an article in regards to the Garden Bridge Trust refusing to release minute of meetings. We can now reveal that the Garden Bridge Trust has been warned it could face...
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