The LCDC, Look at the new TX5

The LCDC, Look at the new TX5

Today on behalf of the Club, I attended the ” Future Taxi Design Story” presentation from GEELY about their new zero emission TX5; It was very interesting to see the presentation from the design team who told us the big problem they faced was how...
The LCDC, Look at the new TX5

LTC Trade Org PR meeting

On Tuesday, the LCDC attended a trade meeting with London Taxi Company and their PR Company, Stockwell at their offices in the Strand. This is going to be very important moving forwards as we ( licensed taxi trade ) really need positive PR to be seen in newspapers,...
The LCDC, Look at the new TX5

Ulez

The LCDC are vehemently opposed to the introduction of a 10 year prohibition placed on every London taxi. The ULEZ consultation paper is in our opinion premature, it requests that the industry decide and except a technology that is not even available to the trade...
The LCDC, Look at the new TX5

Back to Black campaign

Back to Black: It is our opinion at the LCDC that our fleet of licences London taxis should revert back to one colour BLACK. The rationale behind this proposal is as follows: Our icon, the London Black Taxi is the most recognised taxi around the world. Back to Black...
The LCDC, Look at the new TX5

Touting

Touting throughout London is completely out of control, not only has it having a huge impact on licensed London taxi drivers, it is also exposing the domestic traveller and the unsuspecting tourist to being overcharged for their journey,...