Uber to Lose Private Hire Licence in London
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Uber to Lose Private Hire Licence in London
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#2Dang. Good thing London has Addison Lee.
Edit: who are a long-running minicab service who give fixed price bids, have a reasonable app, have their own fleet by dedicated drivers, and are usually price competitive with Uber.
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#3Lose or never had one?
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#4Greyball specifically called out by TfL as a primary reason behind their decision - that's karma for you.
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#5Lose or never had one?
Their current license runs out on September 30th
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#6Can't over-rule the law everywhere Uber. (Public transport in London is incredibly good most of the time anyway...)
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#7So they have to stop operating in London? I wonder if this will be used as a precedent to do the same in other cities?
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#8More from the Guardian here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/22/uber-lice...
They have 21 days to appeal and can keep operating until the appeal process itself finishes (Oct 13th then).
> [TFL said] Uber’s approach and conduct demonstrate a lack of corporate responsibility
Re: Uber to Lose Private Hire Licence in London
#9Can't over-rule the law everywhere Uber. (Public transport in London is incredibly good most of the time anyway...)
Expensive relative to other European capitals though (the unions control over TFL in part to blame for that though).
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#10Well, I can't disagree with the reasons, but as someone who lives outside the M25 this means I lose a really handy way to get home when I've had a drink. Ah well, I'm supposed to have given up anyway :-)