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Wheelchair MS pair are left stranded
2007-02-24 11:47:23
Wheelchair MS pair are left stranded 23 February 2007 WHEELCHAIR users were left stranded at a Hornchurch hospital after a disabled cab service went to the namesake St George's Hospital - in Tooting, South London! Two members of the Havering Multiple Sclerosis Society were left waiting for nearly an hour in the cold at the hospital in Suttons Lane, while a driver from the London Taxi Card Scheme - an under fire transport service for the disabled - waited outside another hospital over 20 miles away. The woman MS sufferer had no choice but to clamber out of her wheelchair and get a lift home with a MS Society committee member - with her wheelchair squeezed on the backseat next to her! Luckily, the man and his carer managed to use the society's minibus after calling the part-time driver out on a late-night emergency after being stranded on February 6. http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/content/havering/recorder/news/story.aspx? Related EntriesCabbie's charity drive Barclaycard


Yeah, A Black Man Can't Get a Cab in London Either
2007-02-24 11:45:08
People were shocked to hear that Sen. Barack Obama - a black man who speaks so well…he's such a good speaker - said that he had trouble getting cabs on 60 Minutes. How could a senator and a presidential candidate possibly face discrimination from taxi drivers? But it's a tale as old as rhyme for most black men in this country. I work and live in New York City, and the sight of an empty cab sailing past my outstretched arm is a common occurrence. Thank God New York is truly a 24-hour metropolis. Trains run well into the wee hours of the morning, and even though you may have to wait a half-hour for a train, you'll hardly ever be stranded in the armpit of the City for long. Not so for London. London tubes stop running around 12:30 and 1 am, leaving bar stragglers and late-night party goers lining up for black cabs. When I was in London last week, I spent an evening with friends in Soho and missed my window for the tube back to my hotel in Earl's Court. I was fo
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Harley boss to take over taxi maker
2007-02-24 11:41:45
THE head of Harley -Davidson's European business is to take control of Coventry-based taxi maker Manganese Bronze. John Russell will join the company, which owns London Taxis International based in Holyhead Road, as chief executive. He is being brought in to help drive expansion of the firm which is making major inroads into the international market. His appointment comes just four months after Manganese Bronze signed a £53 million contract with a Chinese group to manufacture the famous black taxis in Shanghai. Up to 20,000 vehicles a year will be built and will appear on city streets in China and other developing economies. Mr Russell, aged 57, formerly worked for Unipart, Peugeot, Rover and Land Rover. He replaces Ian Pickering who left Manganese Bronze last year.      http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0150business/0100news/tm_headline=harley-boss-to-take-over-taxi-maker&method=full&objectid=18665587&siteid=50003-name_page.html   Related En


Europe and Homebound
2007-02-26 18:19:04
On Sunday I flew from Hyderabad to London (via Frankfurt). I had been fighting a cold for about a week, so I was miserable most of the flight. I arrived at LHR, found a very expensive taxi to my West London hotel (Hammersmith), ate some very disappointing fish and chips and went to bed. http://lostluggage.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/europe-and-home-bound/   Related EntriesLondon Black Cab.Com. London Cabby Guide to London Taxis Just another late night for Lieutenant Wales The perfect man
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Amy Winehouse
2007-02-26 18:17:42
Her father, Mitch, a London taxi driver who had played those American jazz records to her when she was a little girl, couldn't stand seeing her in such a state, and called round in the cab to take her to stay with him in Kent. http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/living-out-loud/2007/02/22/1171733945692.html   Related EntriesLily Allen Upset After Leaving Brits Empty Handed? Council to consider revised taxi ordinance Barclaycard displays wave-and-pay in cab Frantic Dash by London Black Cab Black cab fares go up for eighth time under Ken
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London Taxi Driver
2007-02-26 18:16:20
I would like to ask you whether the Litvinenko case has spoilt relations between Russia and the UK. I want to clarify the question. At least on the everyday level. We were driving in a taxi [the other day] and when the taxi driver learnt that we were from Russia, he asked us: Are you carrying polonium in your suitcase. This was in London. A London taxi driver asked us. Related EntriesLONDON PROTEST SAVED! New Emissions Strategy for London's Metrocabs Stay In Your Cab! Becoming a driver
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Row Over Assembly Taxi Expenses
2007-02-28 17:29:19
A row has broken out between the Mayor and London Assembly over plans to overhaul rules which regulate taxi expenses incurred by the Assembly Chair and Deputy Chair whilst on official engagements. Under the current rules taxis used on official business should not be left waiting more than 30 minutes. A proposed change would see this restriction lifted allowing taxis to drop the Chair or Deputy off at a meeting and wait to take them on to subsequent official engagements. Mr Livingstone claims the proposals would create a "chauffeur service". In a statement issued today the Mayor said "the Chair of the Assembly should as much as possible set an example to the rest of Londoners and use buses, trains and the tube, not swan around London in a chauffeur-driven car." Speaking to MayorWatch a spokesman for the Assembly said the change applied only to the amount of time a taxi could wait and stressed that when attending official engagements the Chair and Deputy Chair carrie
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Cab Driver Your Guide to London
2007-02-27 19:51:39
by Gregory Hudson Driver s of the classic Black Cab spend most of their daily lives trundling through the streets of London. They are a rare breed and the cars they drive are just as full of character and personality as the cabbies who drive them. Taking the sage advice of a Cabbie is the perfect way to locate any destination. A Cab driver's suggestions can uncover off-beat routes and help you get the feel for a city. Remember, they are the folks who hear and see everything! Travelling in a traditional taxi is a unique, convenient and easy method of getting from place to place throughout the convoluted maze of London. So why are Black Cab Drivers the best travel guides to London? The Reason; Cabbies are famed for possessing a detailed understanding of the city, known simply as "The Knowledge". "The Knowledge" All of the official London cab drivers are required to pass a test called "The Knowledge" What the Knowledge is, can sometimes hard to define. T
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DaC driver buys new taxi to match tie!
2007-02-27 19:48:50
Dial-a-Cab driver and Marshal, Ronnie Marlow (L81), is usually smartly dressed for work. However, he has now exceeded even Allen Togwell's expectations by taking his sartorial elegance to a whole new level when buying his new TX4 in Thistle Blue - to match his shirt and tie! So - and with apologies to The Kinks - we think Ronnie has laid claim to the title "dedicated follower of fashion!" "The salesman at KPM asked me what colour I would like the cab and it seemed a good idea to match it to my clothing," he explained to an incredulous Call Sign reporter when he spotted Ronnie and his new TX4 at DaC's Roman Way fitting depot! "It gets a bit cold in the winter for a torn string vest, so I thought I would out-do Toggers by matching my cab colour to my shirt and tie," he said with a mischievous grin beginning to show through "I think it's called 'one-upmanship'!" We at Call Sign could not possibly comment, however, we have


About the London Taxi Directory
2007-02-27 19:48:03
LOOKING FOR A NEW CAB… Click on Taxi Sales LOOKING TO CHANGE ACCOUNTANTS… Click on Taxi Accountants NEED A LOAN OR mortgage… Click on Financial Services The London Taxi Directory has been developed by the same team that are behind the very popular Taxi-Mart website. We have extensive experience in the London taxi trade. Our expertise runs from driving taxis and running a fleet of black cabs right the way through to taxi sales and of course the Taxi-Mart website.   The main aim of the London Taxi Directory is to provide a complete all round service for licensed London cab drivers. We have information on all companies providing all services to the London taxi trade from companies who sell taxi insurance to companies that provide medical care and taxi repairs. http://www.londontaxidirectory.co.uk   Related EntriesAbout the London Taxi Directory ASIAN TAXI DRIVERS NEEDED FOR LONDON Taxi Finance Unlicensed cabbie kept on road Jigsaw Finance


Brian Rice visits new Terminal 5 at Heathrow
2007-02-27 19:47:13
Wearing his other hat as a Board member of the GoSkills council, Dial-a-Cab Chairman Brian Rice recently accepted an invitation to take an early look at Heathrow 's new Terminal 5 along with Peter Huntington, the GoSkills Chief Executive. Brian told Call Sign: "GoSkills thought I'd be a good representative to view the new terminal 5 because of my obvious links with licensed taxi drivers, a trade that work there regularly." No one else from the taxi trade was invited - although Steve Wright, Chairman of the Private Hire Car Association and a GoSkills Stakeholder also accepted the invitation. Brian went on to say that the official opening is scheduled for March 2008, with current estimates claiming the new terminal will be able to handle around 30million passengers a year and size-wise, could hold 50 theoretical full-sized football pitches! It has a length of 400 metres, width of 200 metres and a plunged depth of 20 metres into the ground. The completed building will


London cabbie navigates with hippocampus damage:
2007-02-27 19:46:37
The hippocampus is thought to be essential for navigation. Surprisingly, a paper published last year reported that a London Taxi driver, who suffered hippocampus damage on both sides of the brain, could successfully navigate around much of London. London black cab drivers must pass 'The Knowledge' to get a license. It involves memorising London streets and being able to work out, from memory, the best route between any two places in the city. In 2003, neuroscientist Dr Eleanor Maguire and her team won the Ig Nobel Prize (a humorous award for discoveries "that cannot, or should not, be reproduced") for a study that found that the hippocampi of London Taxi drivers were larger than average, possibly because the drivers are constantly exercising their spatial memory. Despite winning the Ig Nobel, this paper has been very important in understanding both spatial memory and how the brain grows during adult life. The same team of researchers published a paper last year, loo


I don't like London Lite
2007-02-27 19:44:50
It takes me about ten minutes to read London Lite - less time than it takes me to reach the end of the Aldwych - on the bus in the evening, not to mention the fact that it's a rubbish read from the publishers of the Daily Mail. Page seven, in a DoughtyStreet-style piece of attack dressed up as journalism, talks about rising taxi fares in London. They will go up 3.2% from April 14. The CPI measure of inflation was 3.0% in December and 2.7% in January. The two people that London Lite uses to comment are Brian Cooke of London TravelWatch and Bob Oddy, general secretary of the LTDA: Brian Cooke, chairman of passenger watchdog London TravelWatch, said it was right that cab drivers received an annual cost of living increase that was based on a wide range of measures. "We are quite happy and content with this, although we do begin to wonder whether a fresh look needs to be taken at the higher rates charged mid-evening and late evening," he said. "With London becoming a 2


Crash taxi driver named
2007-02-27 19:41:11
By David Doyle POLICE have named a taxi driver who was killed after his vehicle crashed into a tree. Father-of-three Paul Caves, 54, was chaffeuring a couple along Field End Road in Eastcote when his Ford Mondeo hit the tree outside Eastcote Tube Station at 1.55am on Sunday. Ambulance and fire crews cut Mr Caves, of Blenheim Road, Northolt, free from the wreckage and rushed him to Northwick Park Hospital. He died in hospital a short while later. An inquest yesterday revealed that Mr Caves died from multiple injuries. The family has been told and police say they are "shell-shocked" by the tragedy. A man and a woman in their 30s were also taken to the hospital where they remain in a stable condition. Police say a number of members of the public offered to help and police are interested in talking to anyone who saw the crash. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the collision investigation unit at Alperton on 020 8998 5319. http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/display.var.


Europe and Homebound
2007-02-26 18:19:04
On Sunday I flew from Hyderabad to London (via Frankfurt). I had been fighting a cold for about a week, so I was miserable most of the flight. I arrived at LHR, found a very expensive taxi to my West London hotel (Hammersmith), ate some very disappointing fish and chips and went to bed. http://lostluggage.wordpress.com/2007/02/25/europe-and-home-bound/   Related EntriesLondon Black Cab.Com. London Cabby Guide to London Taxis The perfect man Cab Driver Your Guide to London
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Amy Winehouse
2007-02-26 18:17:42
Her father, Mitch, a London taxi driver who had played those American jazz records to her when she was a little girl, couldn't stand seeing her in such a state, and called round in the cab to take her to stay with him in Kent. http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/living-out-loud/2007/02/22/1171733945692.html   Related EntriesLily Allen Upset After Leaving Brits Empty Handed? Council to consider revised taxi ordinance Barclaycard displays wave-and-pay in cab Frantic Dash by London Black Cab I don't like London Lite
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London Taxi Short Films
2007-03-01 18:03:04
"I got the idea from just being in cabs," says Amelia Bullmore with disarming simplicity. Black Cab is her brainchild, and she has written three of the films in the series (Busy Body, Marriage Guidance and Tom & Marianne).          "I kept having the most amazing conversations with cabbies - complete strangers. It was possible to tell them anything. It's the perfect set-up for human interaction - and the containment of it only makes it more intense. You also know that what you say in a cab will have no consequences, because you'll never meet again. It's like time out from your real life."        "We all need to off-load things onto other people," continues Bullmore. "Talking to a cabbie is like therapy - only much cheaper. We want a sounding-board for our ideas, but without any hellish repercussions."          These were the very e
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The West End's £40m future unveiled
2007-03-01 17:29:12
By Peter Law   A light sculpture suspended 30 feet above the traffic and shoppers would change colour throughout the year  A FUTURISTIC light sculpture suspended 30 feet in the air over Oxford Circus is the centerpiece of a proposed £40 million West End makeover unveiled today. Enlarged pedestrianised areas and spaces for alfresco dining and public art will transform the West End in time for the London 2012 Olympics, Westminster Council said. The Oxford, Bond and Regent St (ORB) Draft Action Plan also highlights an array of buildings for redevelopment, particularly at the eastern end of Oxford Street, which has suffered from a rise in the number of bargain basement and souvenir shops. "The West End will act as a showcase for the country come 2012 when the eyes of the world will be on Britain, and we are determined that visitors are wowed by what they see," council leader Sir Simon Milton said.   "Given the importance of the area we need all our part


PCO withhold vital information but good news on used cabs
2007-03-01 13:43:55
Following a lengthy public consultation exercise, the PCO has decreed that sGs, a private company, will administer the licensing process and undertake the vehicle inspections of all London taxi cabs from 2 april this year. the PCO yard will close its gates to cabs from the 28 March and the function of the feared Penton street inspection ramps will be transferred to three new testing centres at Tottenham, Deptford and Hanworth. SGS is a multi-national Swiss based organization and a world leader in vehicle assessment and equipment calibration. The Company employs a workforce of 30,000 dispersed over 140 countries and currently operates the franchise for the Republic of Ireland’s equivalent of the UK’s Mot test. Computerized assessment It Is 12 months since the PCO first aired the likelihood of SGS being awarded the lucrative London contract, and during that period taxi trade representatives have been afforded the opp
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CCTV camera trial in Sheffield Taxis
2007-03-01 13:36:43
I was glad to read that the CCTV camera trial in Sheffield taxis has been successful, (see page 20) because I believe that every cab should be fitted with such equipment and that our trade should be given grants to enable us to do it. I know there is the argument that says what good are the cameras when an incident takes place outside the cab and the cameras can’t pick it up. I don’t accept that opinion because with today’s advances in technology I believe that can be done. What’s more, the cost of the equipment is getting cheaper so it soon won’t be price that can be used as an excuse to dismiss the idea of in-cab CCTV. Sheffield City Council should be congratulated for recognizing that taxi drivers need protection and for giving CCTV cameras the chance to prove they can have a significant impact on crime. The results of the trial they carried out showed that from one incident taking place for every seven fares, it now averages one in 100.&


The Gobbler Comes To London!
2007-03-01 12:49:59
During the course of a recent breakneck tour of restaurants in London, the Gobbler found himself paying Kobe-beef-like prices for taxi rides and eating, among other things, more pig’s head than he ever thought humanly possible. http://nymag.com/daily/food/2007/02/during_the_course_of_a.html   Related EntriesGraffiti gets into a twist with new Smirnoff-branded London cabs Amy Winehouse Harley boss to take over taxi maker Make A Black Cab Driver Your Guide To London Walking to work...


I get the concept
2007-03-03 11:19:40
To replace cash, naturally, we need terminals in places where cash is used currently but is somewhat inconvenient. A good example is taxis, where Barclaycard has teamed up with London-based Computer Cab (ComCab) to unveil a contactless payments terminal that can be installed in a taxi. To show how it would work, the terminal has been fitted to ComCab's new 'concept' taxi. Passsengers can pay for low-value fares by tapping their payment card against the device, which is located in the back of the cab. It did leave me wondering what the 'concept' was, though. I mean, I understand what a taxi is already, and I also understand the concept of paying for them. Perhaps someone who has seen it could tell us. For another concept taxi, the concept being dotcom marketing mania on the street of London, check this out.. http://digitaldebateblogs.typepad.com/digital_money/2007/03/i_get_the_conce.html   Related EntriesBarclaycard displays wave-and-pay in cab Harley bo


Bring your mobile security up to scratch
2007-03-03 11:17:30
But theft is not the only means by which laptops go walk-about. A 2005 survey of London taxi drivers undertaken by Taxi, the magazine for the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, and sponsored by mobile security supplier Pointsec, found that over a six-month period passengers left an astonishing 4,973 laptops behind — although 96 percent were returned to their owners after the drivers went to the effort of tracking them down. http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39286144,00.htm   Related EntriesThree Point Risk! Barclaycard displays wave-and-pay in cab Black cab drivers opt for O2 XDAs Council to consider revised taxi ordinance Callsign Magazine from DAC in London


Mayor Ken and Taxi Rides…
2007-03-03 11:15:55
They lead with an attack on two taxi rides Ken has taken from Blackpool costing over £200. This is THE No. 1 BIG evidence they have of his high spending ways. How pathetic, is this the best they can do after seven years of Ken? The truth is Ken's total expenses as Mayor of London are less than others on the assembly and less than the expenses of an MP. Perhaps they would be better off focussing on the £5,534 spent on taxis by Brian Coleman - Tory chair of the London assembly - which is twice the second place taxi grabber and is THIRTEEN TIMES what Ken has spent. (I also like the way they try to paint Ken as having free alcohol junkets at our expense in the expensive attack ad they have produced. Not since Nazi attacks on the Jews have there been adverts this obviously grotesquely inaccurate and full of hatred). http://brightonregencylabourparty.blogspot.com/2007/02/fox-standards-and-morals-brought-to.html   Related EntriesRow Over Assembly Taxi Expenses The Gobb
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Frankie & Johnny
2007-03-05 17:59:44
I made an effort to watch the Lunar Eclipse yesterday in the hope that something mystical or even magical would happen to me because of it. Nothing happened tonight but there’s always tomorrow or the rest of my life. Posting has become a problem for me lately. I sit down to type and end up watching an episode or three of Csi. Well I did say in the last post that the website I was using to watch all these programs was gonna ruin me…and to an extent it’s doing just that. I have been taking notes though and have selected a few to turn into a half decent post. I picked up a Frank and a John the other night. I didn’t know their names at the time but by the end of the trip they had mentioned their names about a hundred times each and that’s no exaggeration. They were both rat-arsed drunk and contrary to my better judgment I pulled over for them when they flagged me in Prince Albert Road along the top of Regents Park. They asked to be taken to London Bridge Rail
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Dubai retailer eyes New Look
2007-03-05 17:57:58
A one-time London cabbie and hotel cleaner who now runs one of the most profitable retailers in the Middle East, has emerged as a possible contender in the £2bn battle for fashion chain New Look, reports the Sunday Times. Mahesh “Micky” Jagtiani, who runs the Dubai -based Landmark Group, is thought to be interested in buying the discount fashion retailer, in which he already holds a 3% stake.  Landmark Group also struck a regional franchise deal with New Look earlier this year to open 40 stores in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Jordan. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2007/03/05/2913/dubai-retailer-eyes-new-look/ Related EntriesFrantic Dash by London Black Cab DaC driver buys new taxi to match tie! London More Cabs And Vans Killing This Business The perfect man


Profits dent for black cab maker Manganese Bronze
2007-03-06 18:49:01
The cost of selling off its stock of its old model and tooling up for the new-style London taxi dented cab-maker Manganese Bronze ’s half year profits as the leading manufacturer of the distinctive black cab continues to look to China for future growth. Announcing its interim results for the six months to 31 January 2007, the company said it had successfully launched the new TX4 taxi in October. Also, its joint venture with Geely Automobile Holdings to form the Shanghai LTI Automobile Company to produce London taxis in Shanghai, as well as a limousine style variant of the London taxi and two large saloon cars, was granted shareholder approval in January. UK taxi sales were up 21.3 per cent to 1342 vehicles (2006: 1106) while operating profit at £1.0 million (2006: £1.2 million) included run-off cost of £0.7 million to sell the last of the old TXII taxis. Higher depreciation charges were due to TX4 development and tooling costs of almost £5.5 million, whic


English Breakfast with London cabbies…
2007-03-08 12:42:38
Lunch options near our office on Gresham Street are sparse — so we headed down the block to Piccollo, a small cafe in a old pre-war building. It’s a favorite with taxicab drivers looking for a cheap lunch or the traditional English Breakfast , which is served pretty much all day. A line of London taxicabs parked for a breakfast break. A brand new London Black Cab goes for a whopping £34,000 ($68,000) http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2007/03/06/english-breakfast-sarnies-roman-ruins-and-a-rolls/   Related EntriesEurope and Homebound Black cab drivers opt for O2 XDAs New Emissions Strategy for London's Metrocabs Make A Black Cab Driver Your Guide To London Cab Driver Your Guide to London
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Posh pooches bark and ride
2007-03-08 11:46:10
  Try guessing who, or rather what, this cab driver had in the back of her taxi the other day. Karen Frodman picked up a load of pampered pooches to take them on their daily walk. But don't bother trying to hail the black cab Ms Frodman drives – it is 'bark and ride' only. The professional dog walker bought the vehicle to ferry her charges to Hampstead Heath in North London. Like regular cabs, she charges passengers a minimum fare – £10 per trip. Ms Frodman was inspired to set up her venture five years ago after failing to find a job in the City. But as her client base grew, she found it a struggle to get to the park with up to eight dogs at once. Ms Frodman said: 'It started because my cars were getting wrecked and smelly so I had the idea of using a black cab instead.' But she will not let any old dog in her cab – she vets each one for car sickness before taking them on. Her regulars have a favourite position on the back


The Great Learning
2007-03-08 11:45:05
The Performance. The live performance of the 'if the route' has been developed collaboratively with 10 students from Knowledge Point and four improvising string players. A complex and fascinating mathematics of the everyday, The Knowledge involves learning 320 routes or runs mapped within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross. Traveling approximately 26,000 miles across the city on Honda C90's, knowledge students memorize a total of 30,000 streets. ‘Calling over’ entails that after the completion of the days run[s], students must call them out, reciting them out loud. Partners form to call over runs to one another, using recital and repetition as a means to remember the city. Knowledge Point on Caledonian road, one of several taxi universities students may attend and whose curriculum includes a series of mnemonic devices to aid in their endeavor, is filled with pairs of men and increasingly the odd woman aurally reciting sets of directions to one another. Enter
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