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Four cities selected to pilot driverless forms of transport
Four areas of England have been chosen to trial driverless road vehicles in a Government-backed project. Greenwich in London, Bristol, Milton Keynes and Coventry will share £10m from Innovate UK – the...
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Garrett Emmerson : The Final Insult.
Garrett Emmerson's arrogant performance on London Live.Members from both the licensed Taxi and Private Hire Trades are calling for the resignation or Garrett Emmerson, after his disastrous performance...
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TfL, gathering covert photographic evidence: ... By Jim Thomas.
TfL have a camera cars, taking high definition time stamped photographs, which can be used to prosecute vehicles contravening hackney carriage laws and conditions of fitness.Guess what they've been...
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Delta Taxis' licence to operate in Liverpool revoked by council
Liverpool council has today revoked the licence of Delta Taxis to operate in the city.The company was issued with a new private hire operator’s licence on November 18 to enable them to take fares in...
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Short sighted minicab driver found guilty of killing former teacher ofchef...
A short sighted minicab driver from Wembley who killed a teacher after smashing into the back of his car has been found guilty of causing his death by careless driving.Kugannesan Balasubramaniam, 31,...
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Night Tube Cannot Be Rushed Through To Suit Mayor Say RMT
Night Tube LU wants to start running it’s Friday and Saturday night-tube service from Sept 2015. With a completely new station staffing model demanding new grades and rosters to be introduced in early...
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Saudi MoT, To Make Taxi App Mandatorily
In a new development, the Ministry of Transport has made it mandatory for taxi firms to install communication and tracking systems in their vehicles in order to reduce and eventually put an end to cabs...
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Hailo Books Huge Loss As Taxi App Fights Off Fierce Competition.
Losses at taxi hailing app company Hailo have trebled after the company invested heavily in technology in a bid to fight off fierce competition in the taxi-booking space.Losses rose from £7.6m to...
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Uber's email regarding airports. Undercover Uber, Part 3.
Email just in:Notice they mention collecting from gatwick surely there licence to operate must now be at risk with this evidence.I know tfl compliance is a joke but someone must know what's going on,...
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TAXI LEAKS LOOKS CLOSELY AT TfL STATISTICS ... By Jim Thomas
Surely, Heads Must Roll As TfL Post Horrendously Bad Statistics For Touting And Illegal Plying For Hire. It appears that in the face of a scathing GLA report, which labeled TfL as "woefully...
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Private Hire Regulations Review. TfL Notice 16/14.
This notice provides an update on our plans to consult on potential revisions to private hire regulations. The private hire operator, driver and vehicle regulations were made following the...
View ArticleLet's Make 2015 A Year a To Remember...The Year We Fought Back
Merry Christmas everyone! Thanks for making Taxi Leaks the most popular Taxi Blog of all time.Looking forward to the fight back in 2015. If there is to be a mass trade action against TfL, it is...
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Minicab driver feared drowned after accidentally driving into harbourin heavy...
There's been many horror stories in the media recently, concerning the way private hire drivers blindly follow Sat-Navs. We constantly see minicabs coming at us, the wrong way when driving along one...
View ArticleTfL London Taxi and Private Hire Notice 17/14 : Proof that TfL arechanging...
Newly Licensed Private Hire Vehicles – Hybrid VehiclesIn order to reduce harmful emissions and tackle poor air quality in London, in 2012 new emissions requirements were introduced for private hire...
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TfL, Are You Listening, This Is How It's Done!
Uber CEO faces two years in prison for operating illegal taxi service.South Korean prosecutors have indicted the founder of Uber, Travis Kalanick, for operating an illegal taxi service in the country....
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TAXI LEAKS, the year in review 2014: Part One : From Little Acorns...By Jim...
2014 has been the most productive year so far for Taxi Leaks. In November, we surpassed a one million hits benchmark.The contributors and editorial staff would like to thank all our readers, for making...
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The Fall Of The UTG Empire...by Jim Thomas.
The reality of the trades desperate situation finally struck home earlier in the year, when the Chairman of the LCDC Grant Davis, said on the Eddie Nester Radio program, "Because I've dealt with TfL, I...
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Uber Sydney Raided By NSW Government
The New South Wales Government and the subsequent state transport office is no fan of Uber, probably because Uber is running a rule-skirting ride-sharing service right on the government’s doorstep. In...
View ArticleMaybe It's Time To Blow The Windows Out..........By Semtex.
As another year comes to an end, our trade leans back on the ropes gasping for more air to continue our fight for survival.And what a difficult year we have endured too. I used to blame paranoia for...
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Sir Peter, Leon and Garrett, This Is What Honourable Men Do...by JimThomas.
Mark Carne CEO of NetWork Rail, has appeared on national TV and made the statement that, owing to the recent performance of NetWork Rail, he would not be accepting his six figured performance related...
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