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GLA, Mayors Question Time : Not A Demo, More A Show Of Support!
Main thing about today's meeting was getting on the map & showing support to the London Assembly.We now need to get the message out to the whole trade for wider support on the 25th Feb, when the...
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Associated Press Ban The Term "Ride Sharing" For Uber, As ItsInaccurate.
Companies like Uber and Lyft have often referred to their services as "ride-sharing" or in done cases "Taxis".But these are not accurate terms. After much criticism, Associated Press (AP) now agrees in...
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Taxi For Garrett Emmerson ! More Spin From TfL's Chief OperatingOfficer,...
How seriously do you think, TfL are taking the damning GLA report that branded them as Woefully inadequate?Yesterday at City Hall, the Mayor admitted he hadn't even read it.Later in the afternoon,...
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Minicab driver arrested after attempted kidnap of a teenager
Do you know women who stopped alleged attempted kidnap of girl in Bromley?A minicab driver allegedly attempted to kidnap a teenage girl in Bromley before two women came to her rescue, police say.The...
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Is The Future Of Technology Taxi Shaped?
LONDON TAXI TECHThe taxi market in London is a key example of a culture clash between these two groups. The history of regulation in the London taxi market goes back to 1636....
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Uber Returns To New Delhi After A Ban Of Just Six Weeks.
Uber announced today that it will resume operations in New Delhi, India. It was banned by authorities six weeks ago after a female passenger accused an Uber driver of rape.In a blog post, the company...
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Convicted of fraud, displaying counterfeit ID badges and adapting metalTaxi...
AN Enfield councillor has denied reports that he faced a prison sentence for fraud shortly after he was elected.According to a Metropolitan Police leaflet Nesimi Erbil, Labour councillor for lower...
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Letter To the Editor : Technology Must Be Tried, Tested AndAvailable...by...
As long as politicians are driving utopian ideology cobblers years ahead of real available now technology, the London Taxi Driver is always going to pay the financial cost what ever the outcome, who...
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Who Needs Enemies? .... Hailo Backup Will Send You A Car If NoTaxiAvailable.
Hailo has added a new feature for its users in London that provides an alternate backup car in case you find your chosen mode of transportation unavailable.For example, if you’re looking to hop into...
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Letter to the Editor From Hassan and Phillip : Public Awareness.
My name is Hassan, a black cab driver. Myself and a friend have written an article about the choice of drivers for the customers and explaining the differences between all types of drivers. I believe...
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The Penny Drops ... by I'm Spartacus
Another busy week week or so in cab trade politics.First the ground breaking meeting where most of the Trade Orgs met at Taxi House, let's not have a public autopsy as to why some did not attend, all...
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Think we're not in trouble....Well think again.
If you thought we weren't in trouble, just look at the danger signs currently set at code red, as history repeats itself. It's all out war and TfL's Sir Peter Hendy has fired a broadside.STaN repot...
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RMT taxi drivers hit back at insulting comments from London...
26 January 2015 RMT Press Office:RMT London Taxi Drivers today registered their dismay at comments made by Sir Peter Hendy regarding the licensed taxi trade that it is 'not the job of TFL to protect...
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Still think we're not in trouble ? Look what's rolling out across thecapital.
Thriev have already taken delivery of 32 BYD e6 EVs and trials have proved so successful, the Chinese car manufacturer BYD will now be delivering a further 200 of its e6 electric cars to Thriev by...
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Letter To Editor : We Need To Open Eyes... From Colin Fairfield
Thriev is just another twist in the very competitive business wars. Uber has decimated the smaller outfits and made some serious inroads into AL. Uber drivers are now in revolt because Uber have cut...
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What would happen if more app-makers worked with the licensed Taxiindustry?...
We've seen how disruptive these innovations in transportation has been with Smartphone apps like Uber, it seems that the minicab market is flooded with apps to match up people with cars in a seamless...
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LTDA to seek judicial review of Cycle Superhighways
The Licensed Taxi Drivers Assocation (LTDA), which represents thousands of London’s black cab drivers, is reportedly seeking a judicial review of Mayor Boris Johnson’s decision, announced today, to...
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Breaking News: Delhi Transport Department rejects Uber's request forlicence
New Delhi: Delhi Transport Department on Wednesday rejected Uber's request for licence in the city. The sources within the department said that incorporation of company does not include the mandated to...
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Think You Can Do A Better a job? : TfL Seek New Head Of Compliance.
Job Description - Head of Compliance (013842)Head of Compliance 013842Organisation - CSEPJob - Head of DepartmentPosition Type - Full Timecirca £65,000The closing date for applications is Friday 6...
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An open Letter To The Media : The Best Taxi Service, With The...
The London Taxi trade is currently engaged in a fight for its life on multiple fronts.Under attack from a billion dollar multinational company, out to destroy the worlds Taxi trade. A technology...
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