Brian Rice Answers Rumours Re Dial A Cab App Rumour.
Hi Jim I hope you are well! I have seen a few anomalies on Twitter regarding our App and a ‘follow up’ on Taxileaks. Why drivers can’t ask me what is happening, instead of a Board Member that doesn’t...
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TfL Announce Consultation For Taxi Tariff Changes, April 2015
Dear stakeholder, We are seeking views on changes to taxi fares and tariffs in London, to take place in April 2015. Transport for London (TfL) licenses and regulates taxi and private hire services in...
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They Think Its All a Over....by Semtex.
Listening to LBC yesterday, I was interested in a debate that presenter James O' Brien was having, about yet another claim that Uber were taking our trade to the cleaners.Apparently, although I haven't...
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London's Finest, Give Back A Little, To Those Who Gave So Much.
Today Mike Hughes and his team seamlessly organised the 'veterans shuttle'. Well done to them and to all the drivers who year after year, volunteer and give their time freely, to keep this wonderful...
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Something Doesn't Add Up At TfL Top Level.......by Jim Thomas
Normally I'm quite clear with my opinions and I am not shy of expressing what I feel is wrong with the trade, the way TfL regulate or how we are represented/underrepresented by our trade orgs. I am...
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TfL and Mayor accused of “indefensible” double standardsoverairqualityby...
Existing New Routemasters will be allowed to enter the ULEZ despite not meeting new emissions standards. Existing New Routemasters will be allowed to enter the ULEZ despite not meeting new emissions...
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London's electric car infrastructure is falling into disrepair and ruin
Infighting and neglect are causing London's network of electric car charging points to fall into disrepair. Some areas now offering little to no coverage.Not a good sign, with 25,000 Taxi drivers told...
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Hundreds to join horse-drawn hearse in road deaths protest on OxfordStreet on...
Hundreds of cyclists, pedestrians and other road users will make their way along the entire length of Oxford Street next Saturday accompanied by a horse-drawn hearse bearing an empty coffin in a...
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Minicab driver, his uncle and nephew, raped drunk schoolteacher on parkbench...
A minicab driver, his uncle and nephew are accused of raping a drunk schoolteacher on a park bench after abducting and trafficking her from his minicab, a court heard.The unconscious woman is alleged...
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A Disinct Lack Of Self Preservation ! ... By Semtex.
I note there will be a protest in Central London this weekend, to highlight the Stop Killing Cyclists cause. First of all, may I just say, that neither myself or I guess anyone else, would deliberately...
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MP’s and Peers support Campaign for Air Pollution PublicInquiry...PRESS...
For Immediate Release Members of both Houses of Parliament call for an urgent Public Inquiry into air pollution in the UK Last night John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington sent a letter to...
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Plying For Hire, Through The Back Door...by Jim Thomas
Earlier last summer (2013), after a chat in a Leeds bar, undergraduates Sam Ryan and Barney Williams had an idea. After seeing how successful ride sharing app Lyft had become in certain cities across...
View ArticleVIRGIN Australia has cut short a promotion with Uber after an angryconsumer...
VIRGIN Australia has cut short a promotion with controversial share-ride company Uber after an angry consumer backlash.The airline was offering $40 off an Uber ride with any tickets sold for flights in...
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Uber Driver In Holborn Hit And Run...TfL not to deal with complaint, asusual.
A cyclist has criticised the safety of the Uber app after her bike was left crushed by a driver and claims there is a “hole in the system”.Ines Nadal, 30, was cycling home from work in Holborn when she...
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Carlyle Group Puts Brakes On £800m Addison Lee Sale
The owner of Addison Lee has put the brakes on an £800m sale of London's biggest minicab operation in order to pursue acquisitions that would take it onto the streets of New York for the first...
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Stop Deaths From Air Pollution: Part 1.
Thousands of people in London and throughout the UK are dying from Air Pollution confirmed by a recent World Health Organisation report.The Government and Local Authorities have failed to implement...
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Stop Deaths From Air Pollution: Part 2.
Transport is one of the biggest causes of Air Pollution, particularly in urban environments.There are many simple and cost effective solution to reduce pollution from transport which have been...
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Update from the DVLA on abolishing the counterpart driving licence.
BackgroundThe DVLA is committed to abolishing the paper counterpart to the photocard driving licence by 2015 following the outcome of the governments Red Tape Challenge consultation on road...
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Salman Rushdie Took To Twitter, To Complain About Uber
Salman Rushdie used his Twitter to complain about the service he received from controversial smart phone Uber. One of the world's greatest living novelist, Salman wrote this in a tweet:Dear @Uber_NYC,...
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More Lies From The Mayor.... By Dave Davies
Mayor Boris a Johnson, has written to the Environmental Audit Committee stating that he has reduced pollution, claiming that his figure of a 20% reduction, taken from a modelled predicted measurement...
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