23 December 2011 The number of licensed suburban taxi drivers has increased significantly in the past ten years and there are now over 3,500 licensed suburban drivers competing for a share of the taxi market in outer London. In recent years, taxi driver associations and a number of individual suburban drivers have raised concerns with […]

A continuing programme of inspection carried out by Transport for London (TfL) on the A4 Hammersmith Flyover has revealed a serious structural defect, which means that the flyover is currently closed and will remain so until at least early January. Over the past two years, TfL has been carrying out detailed monitoring inside the flyover, […]

TfL press release. ·         Mayor launches major joint campaign to keep travelling public safe ·         Police crackdown on dangerous behaviour and unsafe pedicabs A new get-tough approach to pedicabs in central London has been set out by the Mayor of London. This includes a public awareness campaign in the New Year to inform the public […]

Transport for London London Taxi and Private Hire From the 1 March 2012 all taxi drivers will be required to display taxi driver identifiers in the front and rear windows of their taxis. All licensed taxi drivers will be issued with two identifiers, one for the front windscreen and one for the rear. The identifiers […]

From BBC NEWS – Derby Taxi drivers in Derby have urged the city council to put a cap on the number of new licences it gives out. The Derby Area Taxi Drivers Association said its members were having to work longer hours because there were too many taxis for a city of Derby’s size. It […]