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Thomas Grätz (BZP): “A political solution is needed in the debate about driving bans in German inner cities. The taxi industry demands a sensible political solution.”

Thomas Grätz, is a lawyer and managing director of the German Taxi Private Hire Association (BZP) e.V. Feb. 22, 2018 is marked on my calendar. A single sentence from the Federal Administrative Court could turn our lives upside down. It is about driving bans in German inner cities. In September 2016, the Düsseldorf Administrative Court […]

Major crisis hits Dutch taxi sector

The taxi sector in The Netherlands, which depends to 75% of its turnover on contract work in the social sector, is suffering a major crisis. Most of the country’s 40.000 taxi drivers work in this contract area, with only 6.000 working as owner-drivers in the streethail-sector mainly located in larger cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The […]

Largest London radio circuits plan merger

After several years of unrelenting app-activity in London (Uber, Hailo, GetTaxi and several others) plus the meteoric growth of the private hire sector, there is a possible merger or partnership on the cards between the Mountview House Group (Radio Taxis) and Dial A Cab, reported Taxi Times. This would create a new radio-circuit of about […]

Pascal Smet Brussels minister for Mobility

Pascal Smet (1967) succeeded Brigitte Grouwels (who famously corrected EU IT-Commissioner Kroes on her extremely positive stance on Uber) as Brussels minister for Mobility with special responsibility for taxis. From 2004 to 2006 Smet was also Brussels minister for Mobility and reviewed and innovated the Brussels taxi policy. He was inspired by the AST system […]

TfL: Uber operating within the law

Instead of awaiting the outcome of the judicial review, expected this autumn, London taxi regulator Transport for London (Tfl) has concluded that Uber is operating within the law. This follows the massive demonstration against the US start-up on June 11, instigated by the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA). The taxi operators association claims that Uber […]

Queensland: Automatic meters required from now on

The Australian state of Queensland requires that from now on the state’s 3.000 taxis must be fitted with automatic meters “so passengers can have confidence they are paying the correct fare”. According to the first newsletter of the Queensland Taxi Council (www.tcq.org.au) transport minister Scott Emerson stated that automated meters would be compulsory in taxis […]