Sentences with phrase «london black cab»

From now on litigants should only be allowed to use London black cab drivers as experts.

Including James Bond's Aston Martin and a typical London black cab.

Despite the launch of Uber the London Black Cab still has a strong business — and better knowledge of the streets of London than anyone else!

And though Uber taxis has made an impact, visitors can still hail a London black cab, or ride in a red London bus, and easily navigate the city with a highly intricate (if sometimes crowded) underground tube network.

EVO Electric Ltd., a developer and manufacture of axial flux motors, hybrid drive trains and generator sets (earlier post), will demonstrate a plug - in hybrid version of the iconic London Black Cab featuring EVO's DuoDrive system at the Bridgestone ECO-Rally on 7 July.

It is well known that London black cab drivers brains grow as they learn, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/677048.stm

In a letter asking peers for their support, Borwick, an industrialist, explains that «I was the man behind the iconic London black cab» and lists a number of charities that he supports.

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Block.one paid for all - over adverts that wrapped around black cabs in the capital to coincide with London Fintech Week 2017.

Some were simply left perplexed by the PR drive from the Middle Eastern nation, which saw Bin Salman's face plastered on billboards and black cabs in London.

In London, it has fended off attempts by drivers of the city's famous black cabs to have the app ruled illegal, and transport bosses decided earlier this year not to impose tough new rules on the app.

The legal battle pitches one of the world's richest cities against a tech giant known for its forays into new markets around the world that have prompted bans, restrictions and protests, including by drivers of London's famous black cabs.

Ride hailing - app Uber is legal in London, according to a High Court ruling that will spark further hostilities between the taxi app and the capital's black cab drivers.

When Zac Goldsmith agreed to take a black cab ride through London with the BBC's assistant political editor, he may have hoped it would bolster his flagging «man on the street» credentials.

London's black cab trade is dying and there is little anyone can do about it, Boris Johnson claimed today.

«In London's densest areas, black cab drivers» specialist knowledge gave them the edge in terms of speed»

London's Black Cabs exposed passengers to an average of more than 108,000 ultrafine particles — microscopic soot 10,000 times smaller than a centimeter that is particularly dangerous because of its ability to penetrate deep into the lungs — for every cubic centimeter traveled.

MARKETINGWEEK - Feb 14 - eHarmony is taking part in a location - based trial that will let lovers stream romantic messages to one another via London's black cabs this Valentine's Day.

Be it the British weather, the world - famous black cabs, red double decker buses or Big Ben, London for all its cultural diversity is quintessentially British.

Transport for London has said Free Balochistan adverts put up by a human rights charity must be removed from black cabs in London.

And of course, other things people from the UK and around the world would associate with the capital of England include; the magnificent London 2012 Olympics, the cityâ $ ™ s iconic black cabs, the double - decker red sightseeing buses and naturally, the Royal Family.

London «black cabs» have traditionally used diesel engines for the past several decades.

Looking somewhat like a plastic surgery treatment gone wrong, Nissan says the new face of its «Taxi for London» is meant to mimic the appearance of the city's classic black cabs.

In August 2008, a variant of the Vito was approved by the Public Carriage Office for use as a licensed London «black cab».

A metered trip in a black cab to / from Central London generally costs from # 50 to # 80 and takes 30 minutes to one hour.

Getting about the city centre is therefore a breeze compared to the likes of London - everything is within walking distance, but there is no shortage of Black Cabs, open top tour buses and rickshaws if walking isn't your thing.

And in London, drivers of the city's traditional black cabs are counting on an app called Gett to help them ward off the Uber competition.

The work, entitled Feeling Material, will be shown on digital poster sites across the UK, including London's Waterloo Station and Piccadilly Circus, and Manchester's Trafford Centre, as well as on screens inside over 2,000 black cabs.

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When I wrote recently about David Cameron's views on London's «naturally occurring smog», I included a video about the Metrocab — a range - extended electric vehicle that's joining London's fleet of iconic black cabs.

Currently, London's famous Black Cabs account for almost 35 percent of central London's PM10 emissions and around 15 percent of NOx emissions.

Passengers alighting at Heathrow and Gatwick airports have a few options to their final destination: They can wrestle their luggage onto the Tube, take a taxi or black cab, or find some poor schmuck who's willing to battle London's famous traffic jams to get them home.

Anyone who has ever been to London knows the distinctive Black Cabs which are probably as much a British symbol as their well - known bigger sisters, the red double - deckers.

London: With over 30,000 uber drivers, not to mention the number of black cabs and mini-cabs, there is a huge demand for taxi insurance in London.

Drivers who use Uber are licensed by Transport for London and have been through the same enhanced DBS background checks as black cab drivers.

After Uber was deemed not «fit and proper» to hold a London private hire licence, rendering it unable to operate in the capital if an appeal is unsuccessful, black cab ordering app company Gett aims to capitalise with a clever and cheeky campaign.As well... Read more

London's long - suffering Black Cabs have yet another competitor to deal with, alongside Gett, and Uber.

And given how many of the London Uber users complaining about TfL's decision to strip the company of its license say it's Uber's «affordability» that they love, I'd wager that an Uber that charged fares far closer to the rates of London's black cabs wouldn't find itself half so popular.

Or by finding ways to make London's more rigorously regulated black cabs more affordable for people to use.

But despite the lack of open street warfare in London there's still no love lost between London's distinctive — and heavily regulated — Black Cabs and the Silicon Valley upstart.

Responding to the TfL consultation, Uber provided the following statement to TechCrunch — attributed to Jo Bertram, its Regional General Manager, UK, Ireland and Nordics — in which it claims the changes are aimed at protecting London's black cabs, rather than improving passenger safety:

In related Uber news, a group of supporters of London's black cab taxis this week kicked off a crowdfunding campaign they're hoping will finance an application to secure a judicial review of the legality of Uber's PHV licence — arguing that TfL failed to uphold the existing law when it granted Uber a licence to operate in 2012.

While the number of black cabs in London barely increased, to 22,500.

Last year London's mayor, Boris Johnson, effectively voiced support for this point of view, writing in The Telegraph that: «At present that law is being systematically broken — or at least circumvented — by the use of the Uber app», and adding: «Until Parliament has the guts to change the law we must uphold the existing and long - standing legal distinctions between black cabs and minicabs.»

These shelters were put up by The Cabmen's Shelter Fund to provide a warm place for cabmen to have a cuppa whilst they were on the ranks, and this building is still used by London's black cab drivers today.