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Met targets illegal minicabs tout's - GET THEM OFF OUR STREETS Posted on 20-10-2009 04:59:11 PM (GMT +00:00) Published By Crime Desk Met's out to get illegal minicabs out Crime Desk The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Cab Enforcement Unit, part of the Transport for London (TfL) funded Safer Transport Command (STC), made 40 arrests during a covert operation overnight on Friday 1 October and Saturday 2 October.
Crisis at Transport for London Posted on 15-09-2009 10:56:35 AM (GMT +00:00) Published By by John Kennedy Crisis at Transport for London Whilst the Mayor of London Boris Johnson is away in New York drumming up tourists and business for the capital a full blown crisis is developing back home here at Transport for London (TFL) and the division responsible for licensing taxi-cabs and ...
Pedicabs the new battle ground for the black cabbies Posted on 29-07-2009 10:03:32 AM (GMT +00:00) Published By John Kennedy By John Kennedy We have made it to the summer recess of parliament and at this moment in time the London Local authorities and Transport for London (no.2) Bill hasn’t received a third reading in the House of Lords and therefore it passage has ...
"French style" black cabbies protest to block Heathrow Posted on 06-07-2009 10:02:11 AM (GMT +00:00) Published By News Desk News Desk The war of words between BAA the owner of Heathrow and the black cabbie fraternity has reached a new nadir with threats of "French style" blockades of Heathrow to traffic, provoked by a decision from BAA to grant private hire firms to pick up ...
Pedicabs & Pandora’s Box Posted on 29-06-2009 10:38:59 AM (GMT +00:00) Published By John Kennedy by John Kennedy Yes it seems the taxi trade is once again split on the issue of the dreaded pedicab/rickshaw. It appears the largest trade organisation the LTDA and the union UNITE wish to seek a ban but are prepared to allow a bill to pass ...
Pedicabs Revisited Posted on 06-06-2009 09:36:25 AM (GMT +00:00) Published By John Kennedy Pedicabs Revisited by John Kennedy I’m sure many of you have seen the front of the well respected “TAXI” newspaper and were probably jumping for joy thinking that at long last transport for London have seen sense and decided to remove pedicabs/rickshaws from the public highway.
The RMT "driving to the top table" and influence in London black cabbies ranks Posted on 27-05-2009 10:45:47 AM (GMT +00:00) Published By John Kennedy by John Kennedy Well it was only a matter of time before for the specialist transport union within the transport industry opened a branch for London taxi-cab drivers. This isn’t about personal politics but it is certainly about the representation taxi-cab drivers feel they have received to date ...
Very London Civil War Posted on 22-05-2009 03:07:54 AM (GMT +00:00) Published By John Kennedy by John Kennedy Only yesterday the newest and fastest growing taxi driver union within London held its first demonstration. Yes the Rail Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) picketed the offices of Westminster City Council and demanded fair treatment for taxi-cab drivers who wish to relieve themselves at ...
The Public Carnage Office - It’s a Scandal Posted on 13-05-2009 03:20:27 PM (GMT +00:00) Published By [email protected] By John Kennedy. No not the MP’s expenses (we were debating that years ago on the Clive Bull show on LBC) but the recent action taken by the Public Carriage Office. I’ve sat back felt a bit ill recently and taken things a little easier for the ...
Taxi touts - Public Carriage Office starting to get the message Posted on 06-05-2009 03:34:25 PM (GMT +00:00) Published By [email protected] Well it seems that the Public Carriage Office is starting to understand that the London taxi-cab driver has had enough of this disastrous “safer travel at night project” which placed mini-cab offices inside nightclubs to assist members of the public getting home late at night. The project is ...


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