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Transport for London should hang their heads in shame. Uber have been allowed to operate unlawfully thanks for TfL. We discuss what happened in in the High Court that will have serious ramifications for the whole taxi trade plus the LCDC had a meeting with Heidi Alexander regarding emissions and taxi age limits.Website: https://lcdc.uk​​​​​​Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_LCDC​​​Facebook: https://facebook.com/londoncabdrivers…Instagram: https://instagram.com/ldncabdriverscl​…Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lond…







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In todays show we are interviewing London cabbie, author, qualified tour guide & successful YouTuber Tom Hutley who is known as 'Tom the Taxi Driver' on YouTube. Tom is a fantastic ambassador for the taxi trade and his YouTube channel has almost 42k subscribers.







To find out more about Tom you can visit his website at https://www.tom.taxi and find his YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/tomthetaxidriver







Tom also has written a book about how you become a London Taxi Driver called 'The Knowledge: How to become a London black cab driver'. You can purchase it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1797788655/







Website: https://lcdc.uk​​​​​​Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_LCDC​​​Facebook: https://facebook.com/londoncabdrivers…Instagram: https://instagram.com/ldncabdriverscl​…Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lond…







LCDC TV is the Premier News Channel for all Taxi Drivers!News, Interviews and Your Views, keeping the Taxi Trade informed of what is going on and keeping them updated of current events.







We have also made it easier to find our YouTube channel, just go to http://lcdc.tv​​​​







You can find The Badge, the newspaper of the LCDC here: https://lcdc.uk/the-badge/​







We encourage interaction with our channel and would like you to get involved. Make sure you subscribe NOW!

On today’s show we will be talking to Roy McMaster who has been involved in the cab trade for the last 40 years he first worked with LTI and was instrumental getting the Mercedes Vito into London. In later years he had worked at PENSO. Roy was involved with the LCDC in producing our submission to the ULEZ proposals back in 2015.







The response from drivers on last week’s show concerning the state of the knowledge was really amazing. I just want to remind everybody that all the trade Orgs will be attending TAXI House tomorrow to discuss the current state of affairs. Whilst everyone has agreed that we protect the high standard, we must find a way to somehow make the KOL more accessible and attractive for new candidates.







Following on from last week we have the latest stats on taxi drivers and vehicle numbers from Transport for London







Taxi Driver Licenses: 20,070 Down 38 from last week.Taxi Vehicle Licenses: 13,859 Down 42 from last week.







Website: https://lcdc.uk​​​​​​Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_LCDC​​​Facebook: https://facebook.com/londoncabdrivers…Instagram: https://instagram.com/ldncabdriverscl​…Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lond…







LCDC TV is the Premier News Channel for all Taxi Drivers!News, Interviews and Your Views, keeping the Taxi Trade informed of what is going on and keeping them updated of current events.







We have also made it easier to find our YouTube channel, just go to http://lcdc.tv​​​​







You can find The Badge, the newspaper of the LCDC here: https://lcdc.uk/the-badge/​







We encourage interaction with our channel and would like you to get involved. Make sure you subscribe NOW!

The taxi trade is at worrying cross-road! | The Mayor of London has decimated the taxi fleet and insults the trade by grandstarding at the LEVC factory along with TfL managers. They are totally out of touch with the trade and how their policies have now left many drivers out of work!







Website: https://lcdc.uk​​​​​​Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_LCDC​​​Facebook: https://facebook.com/londoncabdrivers…Instagram: https://instagram.com/ldncabdriverscl​…Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lond…







LCDC TV is the Premier News Channel for all Taxi Drivers!News, Interviews and Your Views, keeping the Taxi Trade informed of what is going on and keeping them updated of current events.







We have also made it easier to find our YouTube channel, just go to http://lcdc.tv​​​​







You can find The Badge, the newspaper of the LCDC here: https://lcdc.uk/the-badge/​







We encourage interaction with our channel and would like you to get involved. Make sure you subscribe NOW!

Many drivers cannot get back to work due to lack of taxis. We will be interviewing Michael Glassman from Colts Cabs who has the biggest taxi fleet in London his thoughts on where the trade goes from here.







Website: https://lcdc.uk​​​​​​Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_LCDC​​​Facebook: https://facebook.com/londoncabdrivers…Instagram: https://instagram.com/ldncabdriverscl​…Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lond…







LCDC TV is the Premier News Channel for all Taxi Drivers!News, Interviews and Your Views, keeping the Taxi Trade informed of what is going on and keeping them updated of current events.







We have also made it easier to find our YouTube channel, just go to http://lcdc.tv​​​​







You can find The Badge, the newspaper of the LCDC here: https://lcdc.uk/the-badge/​







We encourage interaction with our channel and would like you to get involved. Make sure you subscribe NOW!

Alan McGrady, the LCDC Ranks and Highways Rep officer goes into detail regarding new taxi ranks and the work and effort that goes in by the Ranks and Highways committee in obtaining both new rank spaces whilst also maintaining the current ranks. Alan also pointed out how some drivers abuse the feeder ranks such as the Shard for their own benefit, and therefore putting the ranks in jeopardy after the trade fought so hard to obtain them.







Taxi Ranks & Highways Update | October 2021







Website: https://lcdc.uk​​​​​​Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_LCDC​​​Facebook: https://facebook.com/londoncabdrivers…Instagram: https://instagram.com/ldncabdriverscl​…Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lond…







LCDC TV is the Premier News Channel for all Taxi Drivers!News, Interviews and Your Views, keeping the Taxi Trade informed of what is going on and keeping them updated of current events.







We have also made it easier to find our YouTube channel, just go to http://lcdc.tv​​​​







You can find The Badge, the newspaper of the LCDC here: https://lcdc.uk/the-badge/​







We encourage interaction with our channel and would like you to get involved. Make sure you subscribe NOW!