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Save The Chelsea Bridge Tea Hut.
One of London's best known points of interest, especially when it comes to the London Taxi driver, is of course the Chelsea Tea Hut. It's been a place of rest and refreshment for many a cabby over the...
View ArticleConsultation begins on City’s 20mph speed limit
Following a vote by the City’s Court of Common Council last autumn, consultation begins on Tuesday [28 January] on the implementation of the City’s 20mph speed limit. The consultation will last at...
View ArticleNews From TfL's Legal Team. No Action, No Enforcement.
Following comments made to Peter Rose of Unite, by TfL Compliance Officers at Smith’s in Charterhouse Street (29/11/13), given in response to a question regarding the illegal parking habits of private...
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Correction to information given out by the LTDA in Taxi Paper
News about Swallow Street, from the LTDA's ranks and highways officer Richard Masset, has been published in the latest edition of Taxi paper. Unfortunately it's not 100% correct. As you can't change...
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A Survey by the City of London Police:
The City of London Police is seeking your views about policing issues that affect you as a worker in the Square Mile. It is a very quick survey that should take less than five minutes to complete and...
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A Bridge Not too far: Victory As Campaign Saves The Chelsea Tea Hut.
An overwhelming victory has been won by campaigners who have fought and saved the iconic coffee stall, once frequented by the Rolling Stones and The Beatles, now saved from losing its licenseThe future...
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Councils failing to change misleading bus lane signs
Some councils are refusing to change misleading signs on roads warning people not to drive into bus lanes - despite motorists successfully appealing against fines.Authorities issue penalties of up to...
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Cabvision are not a bidding party for DaC...by Lee DaCosta.
I can confirm that I personally have visited DaC and raised the 'possibility' of making an offer for the Company. Cabvision's interest did not extend beyond this point and it did not lead to a formal...
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The Biggest Threat To Your Livelihood...Uber, Killing The Taxi Trade OnTwo...
Uber is expected to pull in about $125 million in revenue this year, higher than expected, AllThingsD reports.San Francisco-based Uber was founded in 2009 with a black car service and it has spread to...
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The Biggest Threat To Your Livelihood...Uber, Killing The Taxi Trade OnTwo...
Uber is expected to pull in about $125 million in revenue this year, higher than expected, AllThingsD reports.San Francisco-based Uber was founded in 2009 with a black car service and it has spread to...
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Underground Workers Strike To Save Their Jobs: And 6 Top TfL Bosses GetPaid...
Why are the staff cuts on the underground so necessary to TfL?Is the answer "so top TfL bosses can keep paying themselves huge salaries"?Salaries for 2013 Top 3...
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French Court Suspends Rule Delaying Pick Up of Passengers
PARIS—France's top administrative court Wednesday suspended a regulation that slowed how quickly car-service companies can pick up passengers, in a ruling that could rekindle a fight with traditional...
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LCDC Chairman Supports RMT And TSSA Tube Strikers, Then Slams TfL'sTaxi...
If ever anyone ever needed proof, that the engagement policy is now dead in the water, just have a listen to Grant Davis on the Eddie Nester show yesterday evening on BBC Radio London Drive Time.Nestor...
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Council 'facing legal action' in six-year taxi row.
THE threat of legal action is hanging over the city council in a dispute over disabled people using taxis.Six years-worth of council reviews have failed to solve the issue and now a firm is threatening...
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Is Get Taxi Competing Against Taxi Ranks, For Work That Already UsesBlack Cabs.
A new taxi-booking "Kiosk" in the form of a tablet computer is being rolled out in hotel lobbies, airports, rail stations, restaurants and business centres throughout London.The Get Taxi technology may...
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And Now For Some Really Good News.by Jim Thomas.
Minicab tout is banned from driving for 12 months, has car impounded and is given £100 fine with £105 costs, for operating outside Gants Hill nightclubA 44-year-old man has been fined for touting...
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Nissan NV200 Purpose-Built Taxi launched in Chicago, Half The Cost OfLondon...
After the successful launch of the NV200 taxi of tomorrow in New York early last year, Nissan had unveiled a customised taxi with an eye on the 7,000 Chicago Taxi market, at the Chicago Auto Show....
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‘Camera-shy’ Brent Council CCTV car driver caught using disabled bay inHarlesden
The driver of this Brent Council CCTV car is happy to catch motorists on camera but seemed a little shy when the lenses were turned on him.He made a hasty exit from this disabled bay in Harlesden after...
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Paris Taxis Block Airports as Court Favors Private Car Hire
TAXI drivers plan to paralyse Paris during a go-slow as they protest against what they regard as ‘unfair competition’ from minicab drivers. A convoy of taxis left Roissy and Orly airports at 7am today,...
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I fought off sex beast in minicab, Chris Huhne's daughter reveals.
Attack ordeal: Lydia Huhne, 24, has revealed she was assaulted returning home from a night outThe daughter of former cabinet minister Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce today told how she headbutted an...
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