TfL Accused Of Being ‘Institutionally Unsafe' By Ex Board Member
Michael Liebreich, who served on the TfL board between 2012 and 2018, claimed the body's structure "places safety a distant second priority".Mr Liebreich, who has campaigned for the Conservative party,...
View ArticleCycle lanes Are To Be Installed In Oxford Street And Its Pavements Will Be...
Westminster Council also wants to transform Regent Street and Piccadilly to give road space to shoppers to enable social distancing.Details were still being established today but council sources...
View ArticleJoint Statement From LCDC, LTDA UCG, Following A Brief Phone Discussion:
Please find below, an agreed statement following a brief phone discussion:The implications of the possible ban on taxis using Waterloo and London Bridges, along with certain main routes, through and...
View ArticleLTDA Co-Op Members Accuse LTDA COM Of Serious Issues Around Finances And...
A new group have appeared this week and have made statements that affects every member of the LTDA. The LTDA Co-Op Captured, are a group of taxi drivers who are members of the Licensed Taxi Drivers...
View ArticleWith The Trade Showing No Signs Of Making A Last Stand, The Propaganda And...
Plans to widen pavements and extend cycle lanes have been widely supported by the majority of Londoners. A new study found around two thirds of people think pedestrians and cyclist need more space for...
View ArticleDavid Kurten Writes To The Mayor To Ask Are The Mass Demos Planned For This...
I have written to London Mayor Sadiq Khan, asking whether the planned Antifa / Black Lives Matter protests planned for this weekend in London, are illegal or not under the coronavirus regulations. I am...
View ArticleTaxi Trade Meet With Deputy Mayor And TfL And Tell Them, Where Buses Go, We Go
Steve McNamara met Heidi Alexander DMfT, Gareth Powell MDST TfL, and Heidi's PR, on behalf of LCDC, LTDA and UCG, at 09:30 today, about taxis being prohibited from critical roads and thoroughfares.The...
View ArticleNew Directive From TfL, As Clear As Mud. 🤔🤔🤔
The Taxi and private hire trades have now been informed by the latest TfL notice, that from the 15th of June, they SHOULD wear a face covering at all times when in a Taxi or private hire vehicle....
View ArticleLondon Cabbie Takes On New Role To Support Front Line Workers. As Trade Dries...
For the last month London Cabbie, Lianne Rolls, 46, from Poplar, has been working at Chase Farm Hospital, for the Enfield GP Federation COVID-19 Clinical Assessment Centre delivering Oximeter machines,...
View ArticleRussian oligarch Mikhail Fridman lost $27 million in Uber investment
LetterOne (L1), an international investment group controlled by Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman, sold its stake in Uber for $173 million in February last year. The transaction was made public in the...
View ArticleLocal Authorities Can Use CCTV On Mandatory Bike Routes From 22 June
Camera enforcement to be allowed on cycle lanesEnglish local authorities can (From 22nd June) use CCTV on mandatory bike routesAre we to be banned from stopping on roads like The Milbank to pick up or...
View ArticleAs Lockdown Eases, So They Ramp Up The Exclusions
They’re at it againFrom Sunday 14th June the Westway speed will be reduced from 40-30mph Are they looking for revenue from the average speed cameras???Shoreditch:Until 30 September 2020, Shoreditch...
View ArticleMassive Taxi And Private Hire Drivers Personal Details Data Breach.
WHY ARE MY DETAILS ON THIS WEBSITE? HOW DID THEY OBTAIN MY FULL DETAILS?WHY ARE YOUR DETAILS ON THIS SITE?A company is advertising over social media for drivers from both the Taxi and Private Hire...
View ArticleDon’t Decommission Your Old TX4, Convert It To Fully Electric For £12k
AN engineer from Henley hopes to help tackle air pollution by building and selling electric taxis.Alex Howard is about to produce his first prototype and hopes to test it on the road later this year.Dr...
View ArticleLondon Taxi Drivers Charity for Children Support Food Bank
As the surge in demand for food banks increases during the COVID-19 lockdown, the London Taxi Drivers Charity for Children has stepped in to help a food bank in North LondonWith families being made, or...
View ArticleSouth Oxfordshire And Vale Of White Horse In Taxi Licenses Row
TAXI drivers in South Oxfordshire criticised local authorities over suspending their licenses without notice in a sudden move that looks like a 'major administrative error'.Emails from a licensing...
View ArticleWestminster Council In Danger Of Repeating Past Mistake With Soho...
In Madrid 1863, philosopher George Santayana said "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".About 10 years ago Westminster Council decided they would pedestrianise the Soho area...
View ArticleWe'll meet again - Taxi Charity Patron Dame Vera Lynn dies 18 June 2020
The Taxi Charity wish to join with everyone from around the world in sending our thoughts and best wishes to the family and friends of “Forces Sweetheart” and our charity patron Dame Vera Lynn who died...
View ArticleTo Mask, Or Not To Mask, That Is The Question...But Don’t Ask TfL, That Is...
AS CLEAR AS MUD.... AGAIN !!!Transport for London Taxi and Private Hire are refusing to answer driver’s queries on social media...Nothing new there then!!!TfLTPH have made a number of statements over...
View ArticleLewisham Residents Fight Back And Remove Road Closures Restrictions
Residents opposed to the road closures put in by Lewisham Council on South Row and other roads have taken it upon themselves to move the temporary “planters” and have been driving through the “Road...
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