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Expectations of consultations!
So boys and girls TfL are letting you have your two penny's worth about the suburban licensing, sectors, islands, extensions etc. etc.There are some ideas worth exploring, bad ideas and some that are...
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Have we been bought off, for less than the price of a new cab?...By JimThomas.
A few weeks ago, we were informed on the twitter page of a leading member of the Joint Ranks and Highways Committee, that he had specifically requested a Taxi rank outside the exit of the Shard...
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Police call for witnesses, after 90 year old pensioner is knocked downand...
A pensioner has died after a collision with a tipper truck in Maida Vale this afternoon (Monday)The accident took place at the corner of Elgin Avenue and Chippenham Road just after midday and the road...
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Credit where Credit is due, the real history of the Identifiers...byVeritas
The identifiers have been proposed for many years since the Maxwell Stamp report in the 70's. It's certainly not a new idea or been suggested out of thin air as anyone who researches the cab trade will...
View ArticleSo Much For There Consultation: London Included In The DeregulationBill.
Deregulation Bill. New clauses.Today 18 March these new clauses were added to the Deregulation Bill. Hardly a consultation. !Private hire vehicles: circumstances in which driver’s licence required Tom...
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Blanket 20MPH Speed Limits And Traffic Humps, Causing More Pollution.
PollutionA reduction in speed from 30mph to 20mph increases CO2 emissionsAccording to the Highways Agency’s figures, at 30mph average CO2 emissions for vehicles stands at 188g/km, whereas at 20mph this...
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TfL Reply To Flawed Suburban Review On-Line Survey Complaint.
Were Your Efforts All For Nothing?TfL say it doesn't matter that the online suburban review survey is seriously flawed, as it's not a ballot, only a survey.Well there you have it, as if you really...
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Cruise passengers will be hit as taxi drivers face port charge
TAXI drivers in Southampton will be forced to pay £1 to pick up passengers from the city’s cruise ships.And the new levy, which will come into force next month, is set to cause fares to rise for...
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Budget 2014: Surprise £200m fund to tackle pollution from taxis andbuses
Apparently London has won hundreds of millions of pounds to transform some of the capital’s greatest assets and eyesores in yestoday’s Budget.New housing, railway links and big ticket development...
View ArticleMayor's Question Time: Pollution, Cleaner Taxis, Electric Taxis And TheULEZ.
Subject: Mayor's responses to questions on air quality tabled at Feb 2014 session of Mayor's Question Time Air Pollution in Oxford StreetQuestion No: 2014/0364Murad QureshiGiven that the London Air...
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There are people on the pitch, they think it's all über, It isnow!...by Jim...
Yesterday, Italian Taxi drivers marched against smart phone ride-app Uber, a company backed by the same people behind Google, giving them access to billions of dollars. Uber, a Silicon Valley prodigy,...
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Driver in Greenwich has cardiac arrest and then ploughs into taxi
A man was rushed to hospital after having a heart attack at the wheel of his car.Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene at Greenwich High Road on Thursday night after a collision between...
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Uber, TfL and a Child’s Death
Sofia Liu, 6, was was struck and killed by a car in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve. Christopher Dolan, a lawyer for the Liu family who provided the image, is expected to file suit against the driver...
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Private hire drivers probed over claims they're going to the toilet onquiet...
Driver caught with his trousers downAn investigation has been launched into claims minicab drivers are using a quiet cul-de-sac as a ‘drop off’ point - to defecate while on shift.Police and council...
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Another £8 million bill for Londoners to pick up.
Figures obtained from TfL show that 69% of recharging points installed in the capital have NOT BEEN USED AT ALL in the last six months.....Only 406 purely electric vehicles have been registered so far...
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Kings Cross Gyratory, Last Chance To Have Your Say...by Glen Alutto.
Did you know today was the last day to fill in the consultation regarding remodelling Kings X gyratory?No of course you didn't!Well it wasn't sent to Taxi groups, in fact there's NO mention of us at...
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Help Us Stop Taxi Deregulation By The Back Door.
Stop Taxi Deregulation by back doorNo matter what org your with, contact your MP and ask him/her to lobby on your behalfEasy app to contact MP, it only takes a couple of minutes to complete and the...
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Boris Throws Away Another £1.8 million.
Mayor throws away another £1.8m as the Future Streets Incubator Fund is set up to transform London's streets and public spaces, upon recommendations by the ROADS TASK FORCE, that body that doesn't...
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Mayor Bill de Blasio's Plans Surcharge To Make New York TaxisWheelchair...
Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration finally has a plan to make New York City's taxi and limousine fleet more wheelchair accessible.On April 24, the de Blasio administration's Taxi and Limousine...
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Cultural hub' proposed for London's Square Mile....by Glen Alutto.
Oh deep joy!We've now got a Guardian reading, intellectual from the Museum of London with ideas of turning the Square Mile into a cultural hub to mirror South Ken & the South Bank!The Barbican...
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