TfL denied Uber operator license, ride hailing service wins on appeal (Sept 2020)

[sealion]

I was talking to a taxi driver only a couple of days ago, he reckons there's now around 500 taxis licenced in Worthing, far too many, and was saying his income has been dropping for the last 5 or 6 years.

It's the same here but there's more than 500. The council make a lot of money so keep dishing them out.

He went on to say he knows of a few that have decided to try their luck with uber in the city.

I know a few London cabbies that tried, but not for long. The money is shit in London unless you are lucky and put in long hours.

 

[Maggot]

The appeal has been won by Uber

Uber overturns ban on operating in London

 

[Teaboy]

The appeal has been won by Uber

Uber overturns ban on operating in London

Went on a charm offensive, all contrite and respectful etc. Wouldn't have been banned in the first place had they shown that a little bit earlier.

 

[agricola]

The appeal has been won by Uber

Uber overturns ban on operating in London

TFL appear to have gone out of their way to facilitate them getting it back tbh.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Only a temp licence, on probation for 15 months, not a full 5-year term.

 

[Maggot]

TFL appear to have gone out of their way to facilitate them getting it back tbh.

How have they done that?

 

[alex_]

The appeal has been won by Uber

Uber overturns ban on operating in London

It hardly looks like winning they are on probation and have a list of things they have to do.

Alex

 

[agricola]

How have they done that?

For a start they let them keep operating after the licence was revoked, and they (at least based on reports of this court case) appear to have been the ones who constructed the framework by which Uber could get its licence back.

One might have thought that serial (and ongoing) misdeeds, as well as fairly high level interference in domestic politics, would have been come down on harder but it seems not.

 

[Teaboy]

Kahn's just announced he will stand for mayor again. Can't let all those fickle and lazy kids votes slip through his fingers.

 

[cupid_stunt]

For a start they let them keep operating after the licence was revoked...

They had no choice in that, the law allows the operator to continue until an appeal, same as with pub or clubs that have their licences revoked.

 

[skyscraper101]

 

[Teaboy]

Are Prius exempt from the charge cause they're hybrids?

 

[skyscraper101]

Are Prius exempt from the charge cause they're hybrids?

I think so, so it may not be a massive issue as 90% of the rides seem to be Prius

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• Toyota Prius.

 

[Chz]

Are Prius exempt from the charge cause they're hybrids?

For now. From 2021 only fully emission free vehicles will qualify for discount of the whole charge.

Also, Toyota has revised the figures for newer Priuses such that they no longer qualify. Not sure where that leaves the older ones.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I find all the posturing about zero emission cars ludicrous. A date has been given for the complete ban on fossil fuel powered cars, but nothing about where all the extra electricity is coming from.

This Winter may see brown outs if conditions get rough, we are pretty much using all that we are capable of generating.

I've just counted twenty turbines at a standstill on this beautiful cold clear day.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I find all the posturing about zero emission cars ludicrous. A date has been given for the complete ban on fossil fuel powered cars, but nothing about where all the extra electricity is coming from.

This Winter may see brown outs if conditions get rough, we are pretty much using all that we are capable of generating.

I've just counted twenty turbines at a standstill on this beautiful cold clear day.

I am sure the government will sort out out, just like with Brexit.

 

[Pickman's model]

I find all the posturing about zero emission cars ludicrous. A date has been given for the complete ban on fossil fuel powered cars, but nothing about where all the extra electricity is coming from.

This Winter may see brown outs if conditions get rough, we are pretty much using all that we are capable of generating.

I've just counted twenty turbines at a standstill on this beautiful cold clear day.

mind you count them again later, they're crafty buggers

 

[Pickman's model]

I am sure the government will sort out out, just like with Brexit.

see it, say it, sorted

 

[tim]

mind you count them again later, they're crafty buggers

And make sure that they aren't getting any nearer and that you've still got a clear escape route.

 

[maomao]

What a load of bollocks. It won't cost Uber or Addison Lee a fucking penny and several thousand drivers will be paying forty quid a week to go to work. Cunts.

 

[cybershot]

What a load of bollocks. It won't cost Uber or Addison Lee a fucking penny and several thousand drivers will be paying forty quid a week to go to work. Cunts.

I suspect it will get passed onto the rider somehow too.

 

[maomao]

I suspect it will get passed onto the rider somehow too.

What's wrong with the word passenger? They're cars not horses.

You're right but it will probably be used as an excuse for fare rises without being fully passed on to drivers.

 

[Crispy]

I find all the posturing about zero emission cars ludicrous. A date has been given for the complete ban on fossil fuel powered cars, but nothing about where all the extra electricity is coming from.

The primary motivation is air quality in the city, not climate change. So if the electric taxis are ultimately running on gas power stations, that's ok because central London air won't be dishing out asthma and lung cancer like sweets at christmas.

 

[cybershot]

What's wrong with the word passenger? They're cars not horses.

I like to be uber cool and hip.

 

[maomao]

I like to be uber cool and hip.

It's a long standing grudge against Uber. They've managed to change the entire vocabulary of an industry in a couple of years. Customers are riders not passengers. Jobs are 'in progress' not POB etc. etc. Fucking bunch of Johnny come latelies.

 

[pesh]

I am sure the government will sort out out, just like with Brexit.

they're doing their best...
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[Sasaferrato]

The primary motivation is air quality in the city, not climate change. So if the electric taxis are ultimately running on gas power stations, that's ok because central London air won't be dishing out asthma and lung cancer like sweets at christmas.

Of course, as we all know, the needs of London are paramount. The peasants out in the sticks who are suffering as a result of piss poor air quality, to provide electricity for London's cars, don't matter.

 

[Sasaferrato]

they're doing their best...
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Big battery technology is what we should be investing in.

The real answer was fuel cells, with limitless free tidal energy producing the hydrogen. Interesting that California built 200 hydrogen filling stations last year...

 

[Sasaferrato]

mind you count them again later, they're crafty buggers

I counted over fifty one cold clear day, between the Ayrshire coast and home. All having a rest.

When the wind blows, we are paying turbine owners not to come onto the grid, it would overload. Wind power is a piss poor way of generating energy.

 

[Pickman's model]

I counted over fifty one cold clear day, between the Ayrshire coast and home. All having a rest.

When the wind blows, we are paying turbine owners not to come onto the grid, it would overload. Wind power is a piss poor way of generating energy.

Turbines in the wrong places, should be in westminster and round town halls