Before publishing its London Suburban Taxi Licensing Consultation TfL held ‘Suburban Review Workshops’ at Palestra, which formed the basis for the full consultation document. Below is Peter Bond’s Cab Trade News article following his attendance at the first of those workshops.   A brief history of the Suburban sectors, Island ranks and ‘extensions’ was given […]

Taxi fares to increase by only 0.7 per cent, which equates to just nine pence on an average fare Lowest fare increase since TfL took over responsibility for licensing taxis in 2000 Transport for London’s (TfL) Board has agreed a well below inflation taxi fare increase for the coming financial year (2014/15). The 0.7 per […]

Views sought on suburban taxi licensing Consultation launched to review suburban taxi driver licensing arrangements Key themes include licence areas, driver numbers, island ranks and sector extensions TfL keen for views in order to shape future policy Following a Mayoral manifesto commitment to deliver a suburban taxi action plan and to address concerns of the […]

12 February 2014 Following the annual review of Taxi and Private Hire licence fees by the Transport for London (TfL) Board, the vast majority of licence fees for taxi and private hire drivers will be frozen for 2014/15. This includes taxi and private hire vehicle and driver application and licence fees which will remain frozen […]

http://m.cnet.com/news/paris-taxi-drivers-strike-but-uber-opens-second-front-in-the-war/57618627 PARIS — Taxi drivers brought gridlock to Paris traffic in a protest Monday, unhappy that rival car services like Uber, Allocab, and SnapCar overturned a new rule that imposed a mandatory 15-minute wait for passengers using them. But today’s disturbances might be just be the first stages of difficulty moving to next-generation transportation, because […]