London cabbies to protest over smartphone app.
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/sep/29/...
Consultation not regulation (yet), but one of the obvious contradictions is the concern about the amount of traffic on London's roads vs suggesting preventing the option of customers sharing cars.
For their part, Uber want less regulation for the cabbies, rather than more regulation for private hire.
I guess the customers just want to get to where they're going.
Consultation not regulation (yet), but one of the obvious contradictions is the concern about the amount of traffic on London's roads vs suggesting preventing the option of customers sharing cars.
For their part, Uber want less regulation for the cabbies, rather than more regulation for private hire.
I guess the customers just want to get to where they're going.
Load of b
ks, they're not worried about the traffic, or anything else. They're just feeling pressure to do something about it as Uber is growing so hugely. I got the email from uber yesterday and I agree with every single thing they said. TFL and their fking trainset - realise they dropped the ball by allowing Uber to operate as it does and now trying to backtrack citing ridiculous reasoning as the catalyst.
If they want to do something about the amount of traffic then they should look into the countless empty buses rolling around the city doing nothing useful, and surely of all the traffic on the roads, Uber which are by and large hybrid honda's are nowhere near as the agriculture grade diesel black cabs belching out st at all hours.
ks, they're not worried about the traffic, or anything else. They're just feeling pressure to do something about it as Uber is growing so hugely. I got the email from uber yesterday and I agree with every single thing they said. TFL and their fking trainset - realise they dropped the ball by allowing Uber to operate as it does and now trying to backtrack citing ridiculous reasoning as the catalyst. If they want to do something about the amount of traffic then they should look into the countless empty buses rolling around the city doing nothing useful, and surely of all the traffic on the roads, Uber which are by and large hybrid honda's are nowhere near as the agriculture grade diesel black cabs belching out s
t at all hours.Edited by okgo on Wednesday 30th September 11:29
78.616 (at time of writing) signatures in support of Uber in less than 24 hours
https://action.uber.org/tfl/
Looks like TfL's plan to fool all of the people all of the time may backfire
https://action.uber.org/tfl/
Looks like TfL's plan to fool all of the people all of the time may backfire
78.616 (at time of writing) signatures in support of Uber in less than 24 hours
https://action.uber.org/tfl/
Looks like TfL's plan to fool all of the people all of the time may backfire
https://action.uber.org/tfl/
Looks like TfL's plan to fool all of the people all of the time may backfire
Mike Galvin head of regulatory affairs for Addison Lee said:
said TfL’s move came after a period in which legislation had been dropped to accommodate Uber. “They’re using the consultation to reinstate legislation that we worked under for years.”
Anyone know what legislation was dropped or is this rubbish?Bullett said:
Anyone know what legislation was dropped or is this rubbish?
It wasn't dropped, it was circumvented. The meter rule, for example - says something like only black cabs are allowed to use a meter but wasn't written with smartphone tech in mind so Uber have a way around it (meter being on phone not fixed to cab). Also only black cabs are allowed to be flagged, everything else has to be pre-booked and some suggest the way Uber works is more like flagging than pre-booking.BJG1 said:
Bullett said:
Anyone know what legislation was dropped or is this rubbish?
It wasn't dropped, it was circumvented. The meter rule, for example - says something like only black cabs are allowed to use a meter but wasn't written with smartphone tech in mind so Uber have a way around it (meter being on phone not fixed to cab). Also only black cabs are allowed to be flagged, everything else has to be pre-booked and some suggest the way Uber works is more like flagging than pre-booking.The facts are simple: people in London like Uber and the way it works.
People are fed up with having to put up with black cab drivers who argue about tips, refuse to take fares, drive past pretending not to have seen a person trying to flag them, rudely conduct their personal life on the phone, react angrily to route suggestions (despite the Knowledge, many don't have a clue in areas that are not their usual patch). This is a minority of drivers, but not a small one.
People are fed up with having to put up with black cab drivers who argue about tips, refuse to take fares, drive past pretending not to have seen a person trying to flag them, rudely conduct their personal life on the phone, react angrily to route suggestions (despite the Knowledge, many don't have a clue in areas that are not their usual patch). This is a minority of drivers, but not a small one.
CoolHands said:
who do we write to at tfl to object to this crap?
9Signatures on a petition aren't as effective imo)
You respond to the consultation just like anyone else can at https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/tph/private-hire-... Might be a very good idea to do so. They won't care in the slightest about a petition. 9Signatures on a petition aren't as effective imo)
richie99 said:
CoolHands said:
who do we write to at tfl to object to this crap?
9Signatures on a petition aren't as effective imo)
You respond to the consultation just like anyone else can at https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/tph/private-hire-... Might be a very good idea to do so. They won't care in the slightest about a petition. 9Signatures on a petition aren't as effective imo)
richie99 said:
Zod said:
Thanks. Tablet problems...the sort you type on, not consume. Zod said:
richie99 said:
Zod said:
Thanks. Tablet problems...the sort you type on, not consume. f
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