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New Emissions Strategy for London's Metrocabs 2007-02-12 20:03:02 Emission strategy for London Taxis – update
In order to assist Metrocab owners comply with the emission strategy, the PCO will be announcing which systems have been approved upon completion of independent field trials and testing to Euro 3 level.
The PCO has now approved the Nissan engine conversion, fitted with the STT Emtec CleanCab system, an emission reduction solution in support of the Mayor’s Taxi Emission Strategy
.
The Nissan Engine conversion is fitted with the STT Emtec CleanCab system comprising of a Diesel Oxidation Catalyst, a cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system, an air-to-air intercooler and a turbocharger.
This conversion can be installed into the following models of taxis which then become Euro 3 compliant:
· Metrocab Series I
· Metrocab Series II
· Metrocab Series III
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Three Point Risk! 2007-02-12 19:58:12 A recent survey revealed that the majority of people now consider mobile phones to be an essential part of modern life and that more people in the UK use mobile phones than wear wrist watches.
The same survey found that 90% of car and commercial vehicle drivers admit to making or receiving calls whilst driving and 75% of these have at some time held their phones whilst doing so. department of Transport statistics for 2005 reveal that 13 people were killed and 400 injured in crashes involving drivers using mobile phones; but independent experts maintain that, due to the difficulty of obtaining credible evidence, the true figure could be up to ten times higher.
70,000 offences
In December 2003, the Government introduced legislation which imposed a fixed penalty of £30 on drivers caught using mobile phones whilst driving and considered not to be in a position to have proper control of their vehicles.
In the event, the new legislation had little affect and with offences runni Read more:Three
Any remedies at the ready? 2007-02-12 19:51:17 Steve McNamara’s advice about taking care when buying a second-hand TXII is timely. Also, his mention of the FX4R reminds me that no sooner had that cab’s problems surfaced back in early 1983 than the independent technical experts came out with remedies ranging from tougher timing chains to complete engine transplants. Where are such remedies for the TXII? Is the engine or the driveshaft problem so complex that no solution can be found? Of course there may be warranty implications here: the FX4R’s warranty was a mere six months/6,000 miles, so as soon as the cab was out of warranty, say six months, then conversions could be fitted with no fear of falling foul of Carbodies’ wrath. Most early TXIIs must be out of warranty by now, so with the price of the cab falling like a stone since the TX4 came out, surely there is something that can be done that is both effective and economical to turn the TXII from a four-wheeled headache to a useful piece o Read more:ready
Frantic Dash by London Black Cab 2007-02-12 19:43:01 The American-born, London-based designer Ben De Lisi made a frantic dash by black cab, straight from presenting his autumn/winter collection on the London Fashion Week catwalk at the Natural History Museum, in order to dress Winslet!
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Council to consider revised taxi ordinance 2007-02-12 19:39:23 This week, City Council
will consider new rules for cab drivers and the companies that employ them, including requiring cabbies to pass a test covering Houston's layout and city laws that govern the taxi industry. There used to be such a test, the Chronicle reports, but councilmembers voted it out in the 1990s.
"The cab industry has grown so much that many of the drivers are not familiar with Houston, and that's the majority of the complaints we get," Tina Paez, a deputy director of Houston's Finance and Administration Department, said. Houstonist agrees: We rarely take cabs, but a couple of times that we have, we've actually had to give the drivers directions to where we wanted to go. So a test would be welcome, we imagine — hey, it works in London, where for more than 150 years, cabbies have been required to pass a grueling test called The Knowledge. (It takes would-be London drivers an average 34 months to prepare for The Knowledge; we hope nothin Read more:revised
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Guide to London Taxis 2007-02-11 13:05:17 London's Black Cabs Are an Inseparable Part of the City
By Subhasis Chatterjee
Like the Big Ben and the red double-decker buses, London’s black cabs are an inseparable part of the city. So much so that these taxis have attained a legendary stature hardly paralleled anywhere else in the world. Modernization, however, has seen to it that not all the black cabs in greater London remain black; a trendy, streamlined version has now replaced some of the old ones.
Ever since the days of horse drawn carriages, the specifications of London's taxis have been regulated. In 1679, passenger safety concerns resulted in the development of Conditions of Fitness. These requirements, modified as and when necessary, are still strictly enforced by the Public Carriage Office, a division of the Metropolitan Police.
The London taxi which lingers in most people’s memories is the Austin FX-4, which was introduced in 1959 and remained in production until 1997.
A London taxi is subject t Read more:Guide
ASIAN TAXI DRIVERS NEEDED FOR LONDON 2007-02-11 00:48:10 A series of roadshows to encourage people from Black, Asian and ethnic minorities to consider becoming licensed taxi drivers was launched by the Mayor of London. The roadshows, which are being hosted by Transport for London’s Public Carriage Office, are part of a long-term campaign to ensure that the cab trade is more representative of London’s diverse communities. Presently one in 20 existing taxi drivers is from Black, Asian and ethnic minorities, compared to nearly a third of London’s population. Only one per cent of current drivers are Asian and 2.4 per cent are Black.
Mayor Ken Livingstone said: 'More people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds are applying to become black cab drivers, but at the current rate it will be 30 years before the trade is representative of London's communities. Taxi drivers are great ambassadors for London and I want the trade to reflect the diversity of the capital. This campaign is designed to encourage people
Black cab drivers opt for O2 XDAs 2007-02-11 00:44:39 GPRS means there's no excuse to not go south of the river that time of night…
By Jo Best
The PDA is making its way out of City boys' pockets and into black cabs, with the announcement that black-cab firm Xeta is giving all its taxi drivers an XDA II to help with booking jobs and locating customers' addresses.
The PDAs will act as what "an in-cab job booking terminal", so even when a cabbie isn't in his taxi, he can still receive details of the next pick-up and information about where punters' addresses are.
The XDA IIs won't just help the cabbies out, though. Xeta will be switching its taxis from the traditional Private Mobile Radio system to a mix of GPS and GPRS to help controllers find out where taxis are at any given time and locate the nearest black cab to a customer.
The network switch will also mean that cab operators will be able to communicate with their drivers outside the capital.
Geof Kaley, Xeta's MD, said taxi drive Read more:Black
Becoming a Taxi Driver 2007-02-11 00:41:26 As a licensed driver you can be a self employed business person with the freedom to work as and when you wish on a 24/7 basis, 365 days a year. Alternatively, many licensed private hire drivers enjoy the benefits of being employed by a licensed operator. This flexibility affords the opportunity to have a worthwhile career to meet your own personal circumstances and requirements.
By becoming either a taxi or private hire driver you can play a part in delivering safe, reliable and integrated transport to all those who live in, work in or visit London.
The opportunity to have a career as a licensed driver in London is open to all and TfL is particularly keen to attract people who reflect the diversity of London’s population.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/pco/becoming/
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Callsign Magazine from DAC in London 2007-02-10 18:03:02 Hello to you wherever you are in the world, as the Editor of Call Sign Magazine
, I'm delighted to welcome you to the on-line CS library. Call Sign - in various guises - has been around since 1964 and I am its fourth editor, following on from Joe Toff, Phil Emden and Gerald Craig. What my three predecessors would think about the magazine they cared for so passionately, whizzing around the world from keyboard to keyboard, heaven knows! However, each in their own way progressed the magazine a bit further and this is my bit - Call Sign International. We have been on-line since 1998 and they are the issues you can research on. Call Sign is not independent, neither does it claim to be. It is the house magazine of Europe's most advanced radio taxi company, Dial-a-Cab. If you are not a DaC driver - for whom this site is aimed as a library facility - but you have been to London, you could not fail to notice the logo that adorns every one of our 2,200 taxis. As a reminder, you can see
About the London Taxi Directory 2007-02-12 20:21:26 LOOKING FOR A NEW CAB… Click on Taxi Sales
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The London TaxiDirectory
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.
What ever your Taxi Trade needs, our aim is to provide for it. No matter what information you need to find that relates to the London Taxi Trade, this is the site for you. The idea for this site is not new b
London 2007-02-20 16:25:12 I’ve been sent this forward today.
1. You say "the City" and expect everyone to know which one.
2. You have never been to The Tower or Madame Tussauds but love Brighton.
3. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Shepherds Bush to Elephant & Castle at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can't find Dorset on a map.
4. Hookers and the homeless are invisible.
5. You step over people who collapse on the Tube.
6. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multilingual.
7. You've considered stabbing someone.
8. Your door has more than three locks.
9. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
10. You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass a garden.
11. You consider Essex the "countryside".
12. You think Hyde Park is "nature".
13. You're paying £1,200 a month for a studio the size of a walk-in wardrobe and you think it's a "bargain".
Black cab fares go up for eighth time under Ken 2007-02-20 16:17:21 Black cabs fares
are set to increase again
Taxi fares are set to rise again, taking the average cost of hailing a black cab above £10.50.
Journey prices will increase by 3.2 per cent on 14 April, the eighth time they have gone up since Ken Livingstone became mayor seven years ago.
This means a typical fare - averaged out across day, night and weekend rates - will jump 32p from £10.25 to £10.57.
Passengers travelling between 10pm and 6am - when the fares are most expensive - can expect to pay just under £13, up about 40p on the current £12.57 night-time average.
Cab fares are reviewed annually by Transport for London. The intention is to maintain the earnings - in line with cost of living inflation - of the capital's 24,678 cabbies once the cost of running a car is taken into account.
The minimum fare remains at £2.20, which includes a 20p environmental charge, which was introduced three years ago to encourage drivers to modernise their vehi Read more:Black
Barclaycard displays wave-and-pay in cab 2007-02-20 16:16:03 Barclaycard is continuing its campaign against pocket change with a mock-up of a wave-and-pay taxi terminal, on display at the Business Travel Show in London.
The concept cab, from London taxi firm Computer Cabs, let show attendees see how the contactless payment system could work and what potential uses the mobile terminals could have ahead of their expected release later this year.
The contactless system, which was originally announced in December, will allow customers to pay for transactions under £10 by simply waving their Visa cards in front of a reader - similar to Transport for London's Oyster card system, which will also be built into the cards.
Unlike Oyster, which is a closed prepay network, the wave-and-pay system will use the same payment network as chip-and-pin, without the time-consuming button pressing and waiting for authorisation.
"It works exactly the same as a credit card, but rather than dipping the card in and entering a pin, you just wave it,&q
Taxi Fares Rise By 3.1pc 2007-02-20 16:14:13 Taxi fairs in London are to rise by 3.1%, less than the rate of inflation, it was announced yesterday.
The new fares will come into effect on Saturday, 14 April 2007 and follow consultation by the Public Carriage Office with the taxi trade and others including London Travelwatch.
The rise is intended to take into account increases in taxi operating costs and increases in national average earnings.
Ed Thompson, Director of Taxi and Private Hire at the PCO, said: "These new taxi fare levels take into account the growing costs of running a black cab. Taxi drivers are self employed, meaning they earn less if operating costs increase"
Mr Thompson said the increase would mean "London taxis continue to offer good value for money."
http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/article.php?article_id=589
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Doing the knowledge 2007-02-20 16:13:29 I've often thought it would be great to do The Knowledge. For those not in the know (or without the knowledge), it's the exam that London taxi drivers must undertake to qualify to drive a black cab. It's basically a comprehensive test of someone's knowledge of streets within a certain (rather large) radius of Trafalgar Square.
Most of the prospective cabbies learn the Knowledge while riding around London on a scooter, generally on a Sunday with an A-Z map strapped to the handlebars.
I often think it would be a much more impressive task to do it purely from the A-Z map, without any reference to the physical streets. I wonder if anyone's ever done that. I wonder if I should try. It would be quite a feat.
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Lily Allen Upset After Leaving Brits Empty Handed? 2007-02-20 16:12:34 The Sun reports Lily Allen
was in tears the morning after she was shut out of a Brit Award as rival Amy Winehouse stole the show. "She's so houndish," Lily reportedly moaned to a London cabbie. Lily wasn't able to sleep in after the bash, taking a flight to New York.
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LONDON PROTEST 2007-02-20 16:09:40 Nightmare on the Tube, train or buses? Contact us and tell transport bosses what they need to know.
The price of black cabs rises again, yet still cabbies refuse to go south of the river. Arriving at King’s Cross recently carrying a heavy suitcase I went to the black cab rank.
“Lewisham, please”. “F*** off !” the driver replied (albeit in a jocular way). The next one also refused. I pleaded with the driver to tell me the nearest minicab office. “Turn left,” he said. By the time I’d reached Farringdon Road, I realised I’d been conned.
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Becoming a driver 2007-02-20 16:07:51 Introduction
As a licensed driver you can be a self employed business person with the freedom to work as and when you wish on a 24/7 basis, 365 days a year. Alternatively, many licensed private hire drivers enjoy the benefits of being employed by a licensed operator. This flexibility affords the opportunity to have a worthwhile career to meet your own personal circumstances and requirements.
By becoming either a taxi or private hire driver you can play a part in delivering safe, reliable and integrated transport to all those who live in, work in or visit London.
The opportunity to have a career as a licensed driver in London is open to all and TfL is particularly keen to attract people who reflect the diversity of London’s population.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/pco/becoming/
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Polluting London taxi adds to air woes 2007-02-21 19:45:08 I have just browsed the online edition of the TC. I read the articles on the throne speech and then the article about a 1970s London taxi, complete with “purring” four-cylinder diesel engine (that would be a first), being brought to Victoria.
Do we really need any more filthy, archaic vehicles in town?
We already have a host of old buses and coaches to fill the air with noxious fumes.
I love the idea of having period vehicles, but why can’t they be upgraded to be cleaner? If they can’t, then I say it’s not worth it.
Graham Tarling,
Victoria.
http://www.taxiblog.co.uk/1848/polluting-london-taxi-adds-to-air-woes/
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London's no-frills food favourites 2007-02-21 19:43:46 The perfect cuppa London is a city of choices, a town where options abound, where diversity is defined and the cutting-edge celebrated. But sometimes, you just want a good cheese sandwich. Here's our guide to finding the best of London's basic treats
Cup of (builders’) tea
Italian Bar Bruno in Soho does a great mug of builders’ tea, but your best bet is to head to one of the 13 remaining green cabby shelters where the tea walks the tightrope between ‘strong’ and ‘stewed’ and can usually be accompanied by a decent bacon sarnie. You have to be brave to face the banter (and shouldn’t linger if a cabby wants your place), but the rewards are plentiful.
Bar Bruno, 101 Wardour St, WC1 (020 7734 3750).
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UK green cab service expands Prius coverage 2007-02-23 12:00:19 UK Minicab firm greentomotacars has started a pilot program to expand into the West London area with its Prius
fleet. The service, which currently uses five of the well-known hybrids, plans to increase its numbers to fifty when they extend service across all of London by the end of June.
Even using hybrids is not enough for greentomatocars, since even hybrids release CO2. The firm also plants trees and engages in other "eco-projects" to minimize its vehicles' impact on the environment. And while the service has considered all-electric vehicles, they are currently not viable according to founder Tom Pakenham.
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/04/10/environment-conscious-cab-service-expands-prius-coverage/
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Unlicensed cabbie kept on road 2007-02-23 11:58:43 A TAXI driver for a Silloth firm will not be banned from the roads, despite having 12 points on his licence and driving without the right licence or insurance.
Robert Tinnion, who drove for Select Cabs, was prosecuted by Allerdale council after an anonymous tip-off.
He appeared at Keswick and West Allerdale Magistrates Court yesterday and admitted driving a taxi without a hackney licence and having no insurance.
But magistrates chose not to ban him because it would cause him “exceptional hardship.”
Tinnion, 45, of Frizington Road, Frizington was given six penalty points and fined £100 for each of the two dates he drove a hackney carriage for Select Cabs without insurance on April 24 and 25, 2006.
There were no separate penalties for the two charges of driving the hackney carriage while unlicensed.
Select Cabs owner, Stanley Glover, 56, of Pica Cottages, Pica, pleaded guilty in court last September to charges of aiding and abetting Tinnion to drive a hackney carriage
Youngsters tickled pink by READ WRITE inspire cab 2007-02-23 11:57:31
Pupils from The Beeches and Bishop Creighton primary schools were tickled
pink when they helped unveil a specially-wrapped taxi cab to promote Peterborough City Council’s READ.WRITE.inspire literacy campaign in Cathedral Square, Peterborough on 21 February.
The former black cab has been turned bright pink and purple to advertise the campaign website www.readwriteinspire.co.uk which brings together as many of the city’s literacy resources as possible in one easy-to-reach location.
The youngsters were joined by the city council’s director for children’s services Mohammed Mehmet and Cabinet member for Education and Children’s Services Councillor Geoff Ridgway.
The ‘taxi wrap’ was made possible thanks to funding from Queensgate shopping centre and the taxi is owned by Mohammed Shabbir from Betta Cars.
Councillor Ridgway said: “I can’t wait to see the taxi in all its glory. I think it is a great way to spread
Taxi driver attacked 2007-02-23 11:56:14 By Safa Suling Tan
Muhammad Nazir, 56, was heading back to the taxi rank in Market Street, Colne, when he was attacked in his taxi on December 9.
Nazir was on his way when he had to stop outside the Yorkshire Bank as two women had run out onto the road. A man was reported to have opened the car door, shouted racial abuse and punched Nazir.
The self-employed Hackney carriage driver of Poplar Street, Nelson, is left with a broken nose and shattered teeth. Nazir now suffers from nightmares about being attacked, and is considering giving up his job of three years because he feels it has become too dangerous. According to This is Lancashire (December 12), Nazir said, “Whoever did this really hurt me. I’m in a lot of pain and I can’t eat anything because my mouth hurts so much. I’ve had no sleep because every time I fall asleep I feel like people are coming to attack me.
I’m not a young man and I’m thinking now that driving taxis is just too risky. All
Taxi drivers victims of racist assaults 2007-02-23 11:55:28 TAXI drivers may make Bretch Hill a no-drive zone if racist attacks on their cars escalate.
The Banbury cab drivers, who are mainly of Pakistani origin, have been rocked by a spate of vandalism in which seven taxis were systematically daubed with racist graffiti.
From the phrases and names written on the panels of the white hackney cabs it is believed the graffiti was the work of a gang from the estate.
Seven taxis were vandalised while they were parked outside their owners homes in Bath Road, Queen's Road, King's Road and Warwick Road between midnight on Sunday and 9am on Monday morning.
The phrases included the signature Jonjo, the racist slur 'Paki scum', four letter swearwords and the slogan Bretch Hill Army.
The graffiti has caused outrage among supporters of Banbury District Racial Equality Council (BDREC) who said the vandalism shows a complete lack of respect for the town's Asian community.
Chair of BDREC Margaret Ferriman said: "This is absolutel
Fleeing fare left taxi driver out of pocket 2007-02-23 11:54:03 A MAN walked away from a taxi without paying.
Hartlepool man Anthony John Handisides called a taxi to the Headland Gate pub, in Hartlepool, but made off without paying the £4.20 charge after he was dropped off in Rossmere Way.
Town magistrates heard how Handisides was subject to a suspended sentence which was imposed in December after he was convicted of actual bodily harm.
Handisides, mitigating for himself, said: "I have never done anything like that before.
"It was just because I was drunk.
"I had the money in my pocket and I offered it to the man when I got put in the police van."
Handisides, 20, from Kinbrace Road, in Hartlepool, pleaded guilty to making off without payment on February 16.
Chair of the bench Keith Gorton sentenced Handisides to 40 hours' unpaid work and ordered him to pay £4.20 compensation.
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Wherever You Go, Advertisers Follow 2007-02-23 11:51:54 Chinatown Now. Adapt Media of Boston, Massachusetts, has offered location-driven electronic signs atop New York taxicabs since 2000. Its AdRunner electronic billboards allow advertisers to change their messages on the fly, as well as take advantage of GPS to customize campaigns. "The draw of GPS is huge and considered as our top advantage versus traditional media," said Gilad Hefetz, Chief Technology Officer of Adapt Media. "We can increase the effectiveness of the advertiser's campaign with a targeted and customized message. Advertisers can target their audience in a specific city zone or in a well-defined 'hot spot'." A financial institution might advertise in the downtown zone, while a software company would advertise its product around a convention center. A recent Fox network campaign changed the language of its message so that it appeared in Chinese in Chinatown and Spanish in Spanish Harlem
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Make A Black Cab Driver Your Guide To London 2007-02-23 11:47:01 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. Taking from between 2-4 years to Read more:Guide
London Cabby 2007-02-23 11:45:47 I had to change a tyre recently as it was bald. When I removed the wheel I cut all my hand open on the wires that had become exposed. I guess I’m lucky that the tyre never burst on the motorway at 70mph, then I would have been in trouble. I have to go to the garage tomorrow to part with another wad of cash. I haven’t paid the cab for three weeks so I think they must be anxious for the rent although to this day they’ve never rung me to make sure I haven’t died or something.
Tonight was Valentines Night and all the couples were out in force. The floor of the cab was full of rose petals by the end of the shift. Most couples were all loved up but one guy said something that earned him a slap round the back of the head from his other half and I couldn’t help laughing. The Brit Awards were also on tonight at Earls Court. The traffic was murder but there was plenty of work.
Some of you may know the song “It’s The Final Countdown” by the group Eu
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