Tag Archives: Uber
Wolverhampton’s signage ban more virtue signalling than substantive safety
There’s potentially quite a lot of material relating to Wolverhampton City Council’s decision to ban operator livery signage on its 30,000-strong fleet of private hire vehicles working the length and breadth of England. Therefore maybe best to concentrate primarily on … Continue reading
The myth of the Wolverhampton cross-border cabbie commuters
One common theme in the genre of press articles about ‘taxi’ drivers in particular towns and cities objecting to cross-border working is that the drivers licensed elsewhere aren’t local to the area, and are portrayed as commuting in from elsewhere. … Continue reading
More disinformation being touted about Uber at Gatwick
Shock, horror, but there’s been no online press articles about the Gatwick Airport dispute for at least a week now. And, as opposed to the earlier stuff about widespread and self-evident illegality involving Uber cars licensed by Transport for London … Continue reading
Uber virtue out of regulatory necessity
Uber’s PR schtick was prominently on display during a recent council committee meeting in York to decide on a licence application, as reported by York Mix. For example: Matthew Freckelton, head of cities for Uber[…]“Uber only uses drivers and vehicles … Continue reading
Formulaic uber-confusion on cross-border stuff
The pun on the word uber (small case) is always a bit hard to avoid around this kind of stuff, but in this case it derives from a local press article about Uber and the cross-border issue, which has recently … Continue reading
Wolverhampton frying pan to meet Blackpool fire
Predictably, Labour politician Chris Webb seems to have rowed back significantly on his claim from a couple of weeks ago, when the newly elected Blackpool South MP said: “Blackpool is experiencing the scourge of unlicensed taxis in our treasured seaside … Continue reading
Bordering on boilerplate
Another couple of days, and another couple of local articles on the Uber/cross-border/Wolverhampton stuff, or whatever. And with the usual jumble of inconsistent of misleading terminology, such as taxi/private hire/hackney carriage/ride-hailing, blah, blah. For which the local press shouldn’t necessarily … Continue reading
Aberdeen – a tough nut for Uber to crack
This was drafted last October, and obviously things have moved on since Uber’s second crack at Aberdeen sounded a bit speculative back then. And despite the various naysayers, it looks likely Uber’s Granite City application will be rubber-stamped, since the … Continue reading
Cross-border basics
On the one hand, no point revisiting the cross-border misinformation disseminated in relation to the Gatwick Aiport dispute, as per last week’s post. However, a subsequent report on the Sussex Express website contains a couple of other inaccuracies on the … Continue reading
More cross-border mis/disinformation
Finding reported misinformation about the cross-border ‘taxi’ issue is like shooting fish in a barrel. Following the stuff about Blackpool and Lincoln the other day, another couple of good examples have appeared online. First, Unite the Union has issued a … Continue reading