I overlooked the London taxi in the epic crowdsourcing exercise of the past two weeks in conjunction with Comment is Free. Shame on me. So I asked my friend @Johnthecabby, who's also Top London Blogger, to send me a wish list of changes he'd like a Model Mayor to make.
Here it is:
1. Zero VAT rating on the purchase of a new greener, cleaner Euro 5 taxi-cab (Mayor would need government assistance on this issue).
2. Rickshaws to be removed from the public highway & placed within confines of the many large London parks.
3. Automatic provision of taxi ranks outsides bars, nightclubs and other venues.
4. The removal of all sub/satellite mini-cab offices in London.
5. The creation of a new London taxi board where all driver organisations and unions would sit & create policies and ideas that could be placed before drivers, Transport for London and the Mayor.
6. One Badge, One Vote: give the silent majority a say on future policies developed by new London taxi board, TFL & the Mayor.
7. Bigger better enforcement units to deal with illegal touting especially late at night.
Your constructive views welcome, as ever....
