United Cabbies Group

On Monday 13th February 2012 on the Channel 4 programme DISPATCHES, Jonathan Myers the UCG spokesman featured to talk about the chaos that the Olympic Zil lanes will cause during the games, and how London’s Taxi drivers who are not allowed access to the lanes will suffer. The programme entitled ‘Olympic Tickets for Sale’ initially …

Transport for London have announced that the proposal put forward by the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association for a 20% Olympic Games fare increase for London’s Taxi drivers has now been rejected. General Secretary Bob Oddy proposed this increase without any consultation with his members or indeed the Taxi trade in general and the story was …

Director T&PH John Mason recently responded to our article where he was caught red handed in possession of an orange LTDA carrier bag outside Palestra on Tuesday 24th January 2012. Here is his response… Dear United Cabbies Group I noted with interest the most recent article on your website regarding the taxi driver license checker …

LTPH Director John Mason recently issued this PCO Notice 01/12 Taxi Driver License Checker. In December 2011, Transport for London arbitrarily decided without any consultation whatsoever with the Taxi trade to make available on their website a section where a driver’s badge number could be entered and the full name of that driver would be …

Thanks to the work done by the United Cabbies Group, the recent problem at Euston Station where the wrong signage was used has now been resolved. After liaising with the Station’s Interface Manager Colin Walker we explained the problem and he agreed to act on our concerns. And true to his word Colin Walker has …

Over the past few weeks there have been problems for Taxi drivers at Euston Station with regards to a new Pick Up Point that has suddenly appeared just in front of the Set Down Point. Station staff in their wisdom decided to erect new railings and signage around this area to make it an official …

STOP TAXI LICENSING BEING SENT TO COVENTRY Join us in demonstrating outside the TfL Finance Board meeting which will be discussing this proposal on Wednesday: 8.30 – 9.30am, WEDNESDAY 23rd NOVEMBER at TfL Head Office, Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0TL Transport for London intend to privatise their London Taxi and Private Hire …

On Wednesday 16th November 2011, the United Cabbies Group held a demonstration outside the offices of the (LTDA) Licensed Taxi Driver’s Association in Woodfield Road, London W9, in protest at the recent proposal made by the LTDA on behalf of the whole London Taxi trade for a 20% fare increase during the London Olympic Games …

On Sunday 13th November the United Cabbies Group organised the second Remembrance Sunday Free Shuttle Service to take all the veterans and their friends, family and helpers to the Cenotaph in London’s Whitehall. After the success of last year’s event we decided to expand the operation to more of London’s stations. Our marshals were in …

On Wednesday 9th November 2011, the United Cabbies Group called for a Mass Drive-In Demonstration at Trafalgar Square in protest at Transport for London’s inability to deal with the touting epidemic perpetuated by the large majority of Private Hire drivers every day & night on the streets of our capital. TfL’s failed Safer Travel at …