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Current Campaigns

        Licensing Delays

CRB Checks – POCA & POVA requirements, TfL TPHD delays Serious problems.

        Volunteer Drivers –

Community Transport – Now becoming a subsidised competitor?

        Parking, Pick Up and Set Down –

Difficulties at Heathrow, other airports nationally, big arenas and in most towns and cities

        Unlicensed Event Management Companies

Wimbledon, Fashion Week, Air & Flower Shows, etc., taking passengers for reward unlicensed.

        Vehicle Requirements

Recent draft proposals put before the LPHCA in London and Nationally.  No further licensing of vehicles too closely resembling taxis - All new private hire vehicles to be one colour – A one tier system - Display of driver’s ID for passenger visibility and physically fixed in PHV’s.

Ongoing – Specialist Vehicle Requirements - Signage and Branding on PHV’s, Air Quality and the Environment - Traffic

        Operator Regulations

Recent draft proposals put before the LPHCA.  Operators required to ensure provision of accessible vehicles for passengers where required with a reasonable notice period – (fixed quotas of specialist vehicles) - Re-introduce checking of planning permission in London.

Ongoing - Night club operating restrictions.

        Driver requirements & proposals

Recent draft proposals put before the LPHCA.  Inclusion of a 3 year minimum residency requirement.  Increased training for Smarter / eco-driving; Customer service, Disability Awareness and a DSA advanced driving test

Ongoing - Un-necessary Medical Requirements – Driver Safety

        Trade Union Activity

Now campaigning strongly to restrict working hours and stop drivers being self-employed

        Touting & Illegal Activity

Lack of enforcement and inappropriate punishments

        Intermediaries and facilitators

Driving prices down and taking the lion’s share of the profit margin for corporate business

        Bus Lane Usage

Ongoing battle – strategy to be reviewed

        Cross Border Issues

Rules from the dark ages outside London

        The Olympic Games

Olympic Route Network could gridlock some roads during the Olympics - provision of free cars to transport athletes.