taxis

The Mayor’s clean air strategy is taking too long to implement, say green campaigners…especially the bit about no idling.

Today’s news round-up, including details of a new fleet of electric taxicabs scheduled to hit the streets of London in 2020.

Death by curry murderer gets life. New John Lewis for Croydon. New York and London exchange cabs. And in a further transatlantic encroachment, Captain America begins filming in London this summer. Gordon Brown likes kicking the Downing Street furniture, we hear. Tempers also flaring between …

Image by artofthestate Drivers of London’s taxi cabs are planning a protest today over what they claim are penurious pee charges. The cabbies are irked that, with a lack of dedicated taxi parking spaces, every time they want to spend a penny they’re obliged to …

While not normally the shy and retiring types, London’s cab drivers tend to maintain a fairly low profile on matters to do with their trade, keeping things in-house. But on Thursday this week, a ‘drive-in’ protest will take place in Trafalgar Square . Organised by …

Still no word from the Public Carriage Office on that hideously long queue of taxis waiting outside St Pancras. It probably has something to do with the fact that Eurostar is thriving. Visitor numbers from the continent rose 15% in December, as our cross-channel cousins …

Could this be central London’s longest taxi rank? The chain of cabs starting between Kings Cross and St Pancras stretched almost a kilometre at lunchtime today. The queue extended beyond the designated rank on Pancras Road, turned East along Goods Way towards the new Guardian …

An electronic iconic TX4 cab has been on the environmentally concerned cards for a few months but now Chinese car maker, Geely Automobile, who are part owners of our own impressive sounding hometown manufacturers, Manganese Bronze, are pushing ahead with research on converting existing diesel …

Mothers, lock up your sons – Jan Leeming is on the prowl for a partner. Don’t all rush at once now. School’s out for Sunhill: a copper for every classroom in Ealing Forlorn faces at Foxtons as Monaco pips London for priciest properties. TX-4 taxi …

Little Venice today welcomes one of its big sister’s more notable icons – the gondola. Well, sort of. British Waterways have licensed a number of paddle-powered taxis to plow along the Regent’s, Grand Union and Hertford canals, and today the fleet of ten take to …