Taxi drivers’ fury at 134% licence fee hike

Taxi drivers’ fury at 134% licence fee hikeTAXI drivers in Newport say council proposals to increase vehicle licence fees by up to 134 per cent could see their businesses go under.
Newport Hackney Drivers Association chairman Lionel Morris, branded the plans “ridiculous” and said drivers were already struggling to cope with falling trade and the rising price of fuel without having to incur further costs.
Newport City Council is proposing to raise the amount drivers pay to licence themselves and their cars, as well as operators fees for taxi firms.

Bouncers asked to help control illegal cab drivers

Bouncers asked to help control illegal cab drivers
BOUNCERS from a town centre night club could increase the amount of time they spend monitoring a taxi rank to stop people using unlawful vehicles.
Door staff from Liquid and Envy, High Street, Colchester, organise the queue for the taxi rank opposite the club from 3am

Aberdeen: Limit on city taxis could be restored

Aberdeen: Limit on city taxis could be restored
A cap on the number of taxis in Aberdeen could be brought back in amid pleas from drivers who are struggling with soaring costs.

Councillors have asked local authority officials to investigate proposals for a survey to be carried out on Aberdeen’s taxi trade. The move followed a request from drivers and could lead to the return of a limit on the number of taxis allowed to operate in the city – five years after a similar cap was scrapped......

Kirklees taxi drivers to strike over penalty points system

Kirklees taxi drivers to strike over penalty points system
HUNDREDS of Huddersfield taxi drivers have voted to strike over a new penalty points system.

Kirklees Council last week agreed to the regime – which would run alongside the official penalty points system governing all motorists.

From January 1, 2012, cabbies will be penalised for offences including failing to pick up a fare; driving while using a mobile and failing to wear an official badge.

Any driver who racks up 12 points in a year could be stripped of...

SIAN O'CALLAGHAN: Swindon taxi drivers say you can still be safe

SIAN O'CALLAGHAN: Swindon taxi drivers say you can still be safe

Do You Know Who’s Taking You Home? Not if it’s a Flimper or a Flyer!
TooManyTaxis.com sends condolences to the family of Sian and together with the vast majority of Taxi drivers,both PH & Hackney, we utterly condemn the use of a Taxi for the commission of any crime, especially one such as this. Taxi Licensing departments throughout the land have been warned time and time again about bogus taxis and illegal plying for hire. Clamp down now and maybe we can avoid more heartache for some poor family in the future......

Transport Select Committee meeting Tuesday 15 March 2011

Transport Select Committee meeting Tuesday 15 March 2011
Issues relating to the licensing of taxis and private hire vehicles
Read the full transcript or watch the Video


Witnesses
1.RMT, National Taxi Association, and Licensed Private Hire Car Association
2.National Association of Taxi Users and Travel Watch NorthWest
3.Norman Baker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport
read more at main site............

Call for study on number of taxis

Call for study on number of taxis
CAMPAIGNERS have hailed a minor victory in their battle to reduce the number of cabs in Sevenoaks.


The Sevenoaks Town Taxi Drivers’ Association has spent nine months lobbying Sevenoaks District Council about the apparent surplus of vehicles licensed as Hackney carriages in the town.....

Licences suspended in taxis crackdown

Licences suspended in taxis crackdown

The licences of six cabbies have been suspended in a clampdown on rogue taxi drivers in Bradford.Police are now urging residents to help them catch unlicensed taxi drivers following the recent operation.

Officers and staff from Bradford Council’s hackney carriage enforcement team completed licensing checks on more than 38 vehicles

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

A strike by taxi drivers in Coventry has been called off.
It follows four days of action over the increased number of cab licences in the city. Drivers said there were no longer enough taxi ranks.
But after a meeting on Tuesday, the black cab drivers said the council had agreed to stop issuing licences for the time being.....

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

A strike by taxi drivers in Coventry has been called off.
It follows four days of action over the increased number of cab licences in the city. Drivers said there were no longer enough taxi ranks.
But after a meeting on Tuesday, the black cab drivers said the council had agreed to stop issuing licences for the time being.....

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

A strike by taxi drivers in Coventry has been called off.
It follows four days of action over the increased number of cab licences in the city. Drivers said there were no longer enough taxi ranks.
But after a meeting on Tuesday, the black cab drivers said the council had agreed to stop issuing licences for the time being.....

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

A strike by taxi drivers in Coventry has been called off.
It follows four days of action over the increased number of cab licences in the city. Drivers said there were no longer enough taxi ranks.
But after a meeting on Tuesday, the black cab drivers said the council had agreed to stop issuing licences for the time being.....

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

A strike by taxi drivers in Coventry has been called off.
It follows four days of action over the increased number of cab licences in the city. Drivers said there were no longer enough taxi ranks.
But after a meeting on Tuesday, the black cab drivers said the council had agreed to stop issuing licences for the time being.....

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

A strike by taxi drivers in Coventry has been called off.
It follows four days of action over the increased number of cab licences in the city. Drivers said there were no longer enough taxi ranks.
But after a meeting on Tuesday, the black cab drivers said the council had agreed to stop issuing licences for the time being.....

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

Coventry taxi cab strike ends on fifth day

A strike by taxi drivers in Coventry has been called off.
It follows four days of action over the increased number of cab licences in the city. Drivers said there were no longer enough taxi ranks.
But after a meeting on Tuesday, the black cab drivers said the council had agreed to stop issuing licences for the time being.....