Tim Fenton Blows The Lid Off TfL Part 3: Uber's PR Said They WereIllegal
All those cheerleaders for driver and rider matching service Uber have been quiet of late, which suggests that someone out there is worried. After this week’s revelations, showing that Uber in London...
View Article“I got out and ran”: with one attack a week in London, is using Uber safe for...
Users entrust untrained strangers to drive us around simply because they operate via a sleek, shiny app.The most unsettling experience of my life cost me £34.75. At 2:50am on a Sunday morning in...
View ArticleWith One Attack A Week In London, Is Using Uber Safe For Women?
As Users, we entrust untrained strangers to drive us around simply because they operate via a sleek, shiny app!The most unsettling experience of my life cost me £34.75. At 2:50am on a Sunday morning in...
View ArticleUnited We Stand... You Couldn’t Make It Up
Recent revelations from Tim Fenton on Zelo Street blog, publishing stacks of evidence of corruption and collusion on the part of TfL, have shown since 2013, they knew Uber were operating illegally and...
View Article2010 Old Bailey Judge Says "The Safety Of The Public Is Our PrimeConcern And...
I was sorting out stuff in my garage and came across an old Taxi Newspaper dated 27th July 2010 with the headline "Killer off the Knowledge".Having read it over again, I was not only reminded how well...
View ArticleResidents Disregarded As Oxford Street Consultation Results FinallyOut.... By...
Oxford Street Consultation results are finally out! Although 61% of Westminster residents are completely against pedestrianisation of Oxford Street! and with only 22% having said “Yes” to the madness,...
View ArticleUnauthorised PH Booking Desk Removed From LAP Terminal By BAA
Taxis have been getting shafted at Heathrow with new mobile PH desks on the terminals.Wasn’t really a great advert for PH as passengers were seen waiting here for anything up to half an hour for their...
View ArticleThe Sun Sets On Uber York As Uber Britannia Limited withdraws From...
UBER has dropped its legal fight over a licence to operate in York.The ride-hailing app was refused a licence by City of York councillors in December, but launched an appeal less than a month later.The...
View ArticleSafety Campaigners Allege TfL Withheld Key Audit Report From Tram...
A transport safety campaigner has accused Transport for London of suppressing vital information related to the causes of the Sandilands tram crash by keeping secret an audit report into the events of...
View ArticleTfL To Change Legislation In Order To Suit Private Hire Ride Share Apps.
After the recent exposes from Tim Fenton, which shows us that not only have Uber been operating illegally all along, but that TfL knew about this, most of the time, did and said nothing in a massive...
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Cross border hiringWe've published a proposal for legislative change relating to cross border hiring. Read it here OnRouteThe latest issue of OnRoute magazine includes articles about managing stress...
View ArticleA Game of Cat and Mouse, or Uber keeping out of the Courts... by LeeWard.
Well, my hangover has finally dissipated from the session I went on after the hearing in Sheffield on Tuesday, I think.Let me take this time to reflect on what was said, what decision was made and what...
View ArticleUber Accused Of Silencing Women Who Claim Sexual Assault By Drivers
Court records reveal company says women must settle through arbitration, a move critics say stops the public from learning of rapesUber is trying to force women who say they were sexually assaulted by...
View ArticleCyclist Known For Aggression Towards London Taxi Drivers, LaunchesUnwarranted...
A cyclist known for his aggression towards London Taxi drivers, launched a horrendous attack on a lady Taxi driver, yesterday afternoon. The whole incident was recorded on a bus CCTV, behind the Taxi....
View ArticleIstanbul taxi drivers go to court to seek shutdown of Uber
(Reuters) - Istanbul's taxi drivers have taken Uber to court, accusing the U.S.-based ride-hailing app of endangering their livelihoods in a case that could crimp its business in Europe's largest...
View ArticleCompanies Queuing Up To Relocate Away From The Capital, Over TfL And The...
A senior employee at Unilever has told a Taxi Leaks researcher, that owning to the difficulty in getting to meetings at their Blackfriars HQ, the company is relocating to Rotterdam. Paul, our...
View ArticleSix Years On And TfL Have Said And Done Nothing About Uber OperatingWithout A...
We've got a few questions we'd like to ask TfL and Sadiq Khan today, Sunday the 18th March 2018. Over the past 10 days, thanks to Tim Fenton's Zelo Street blog posts, it has become crystal clear that...
View ArticleAlmost Five Years On And TfL Have Said And Done Nothing About UberBVOperating...
Open letter to TFL's Commissioner, Mike Brown...Dear MikeNow you've been shown the evidence, that UberBV have been (and still are) operating in London without an operators Licence, why have you not...
View ArticleIt's All Going Pete Tong For Uber Drivers In India As They Go OnIndefinite...
Mumbai: The transport wing of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has called for a strike of drivers of cab aggregators Uber and Ola starting from today.The strike has been called by the Maharashtra...
View ArticleThe Second Oxford Street Consultation To Be ReOpened After Mistake...
You couldn't make it up (as they say) in the same spirit of the Brexit vote and the interference from multimillion air MAp's who are speaking a second referendum, the second 'Oxford Street...
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