Hints and tips:
...Uber added thousands of New York City’s yellow taxis last year via a partnership with two local companies, Curb and CMT, despite ongoing opposition from some drivers’ associations there....
...Taxi drivers’ associations are unhappy with the government’s decision and claim that issuing new licences disrupts the system. Taxi drivers’ union Unica Filt Cgil has immediately called for a strike....
...Uber said it would allow London black cabs on its platform next year in an effort to win over its old enemy the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association, which represents around two-thirds of the city’s 15,000...
...HMRC said the missing taxes were among private hire drivers who operate on booking apps — not “black cab” taxi drivers, who have separate licensing requirements....
...Uber and New York City taxis make peace Uber will list New York City taxis on its ride-hailing app in a deal that promises to end years of rancour between the tech company and drivers of the iconic yellow...
...Outside the station, black-cab driver Yasir Abdelrahman Shaaeldin was enduring a long wait for passengers. “It’s very quiet,” he said....
...The British Medical Association said the fuel crisis meant healthcare staff reliant on cars risked being cut off from work, while taxi and courier companies said the acute shortage of petrol and diesel posed...
...The Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association, which represents the capital’s taxi drivers, has offered to drive elderly and vulnerable patients to and from medical centres to help the government reach its target...
...These days, the cab rank principle does not even work for cab drivers, thanks to Uber. Scallywags can still hire a capable PR firm for a big enough fee....
...But the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association, which represents black cab drivers, celebrated TfL’s decision, saying: “Londoners will be safer as a result.”...
...such as shared taxis on key routes to and from the mainline stations, and links to licensed taxis in other cities, it could tackle Uber from a position of strength....
...“Frankly, we think the more competition the better,” says Steve McNamara, from the London Taxi Drivers’ Association. “Right now we have to buy electric, and we only have one choice [LEVC]....
...The rise of car-booking apps such as Uber and Lyft is causing a deepening financial crisis at lenders that have financed the US’s traditional taxi drivers, who are now defaulting on their debts....
...The service, which was originally challenged by a taxi drivers’ association in Barcelona, Asociacion Profesional Elite Taxi, currently operates only in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania....
...The US company has since relaunched the peer-to-peer system as a regulated taxi and private-hire business in other European cities, including Madrid and Berlin....
...“This has got absolutely nothing to do with us,” said Steve McNamara of the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association....
...The city of hedge funders, hipsters and Uber drivers. Forty thousand drivers, 3.5m users. London has rhythms, Uber has a rhythm, and this is how it begins. Her alarm goes off at 4.30am....
...Taxi drivers Black cabs could also be adversely affected by a shift to road charging. From January, all new black cabs will be battery-driven, avoiding most of the current taxes on motorists....
...As my New York cab driver — a 71-year-old Jamaican immigrant — pointed out, these things happen. Manhattan is an island, and if any of its entrances are cut off, the traffic snarls up....
...chairman of the Tokyo Hire-Taxi Association....
...Emissions from diesel engines that power the majority of buses, vans, taxis and 50 per cent of privately owned cars are to blame....
...Their strike was organised by the Kenya Taxi Digital Association, a group formed last week in response to the price cut and now claiming to represent hundreds of drivers....
...Taxi drivers and fleet owners in New York and other cities including Chicago are required to have licences, known as medallions, to pick up passengers....
...Steve McNamara, general secretary of the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, said: “When you hail a cab in the future you can be sure that you can pay the way you like — card, contactless or cash....
...Steve McNamara, general secretary of the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, said: “Transport for London hasn’t explained how, if at all, it will regulate ride-sharing in London, so of course Uber is taking...
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