Tag Archives: Wolverhampton
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
Opportunistic Wolves v civic-minded Knowsley?
The cross-border conundrum has been a press staple for several years now, at least when local journalists turn their attention to ‘taxi’ issues. The vast majority of such reports relate to Wolverhampton City Council, with the 40,000 private hire drivers … Continue reading
Don’t mention the private hire sector…
For trade anoraks like me, one feature evident in commentary when Uber first appeared more than a decade ago was a failure to even acknowledge the existence of the private hire trade. Therefore London-centric opinion pieces in the press would … 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
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
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
A (tall) tale of two Uber towns
Almost a decade ago I set up a (short-lived) blog in an attempt to dispel some of the myths surround the whole Uber phenomenon. The rationale of this new blog is similar, although the intended context is a bit wider. … Continue reading
When it comes to ‘taxis’ it’s the insurers who are Confused
Press reports about the industry can often be confusing because of the incorrect use of terminology. And very often ‘expert’ input and analysis can be anything but. A recent article in Wolverhampton’s Express & Star illustrates both points. The online … Continue reading