We have now flushed out from TFL what we had all suspected for a long time, TFL are holding secret non minuted meetings about trade issues with both the LTDA & Unite.
No wonder this trade is on its arse when TFL selectively meet with the trades biggest appeasers.
It was Steve Mc’s pledge to have 9k ZEC taxis on the road that has instigated the Mayors 12 yr age limit plans. If the trade cannot put on 45% new cabs on the road then the Mayor will take the older ones off.
At a recent meeting I attended at LEVC David Ollier ( LEVC) stood up and pointed at Steve Mc and said if it wasn’t for your 9k promise we wouldn’t have this age limit on the agenda!
TfL have done NO assessment on the delicensing proposals that have been put forward by LTDA / Unite and with numbers under 19k now, we could easily see another 2k cabs come off the road this year.
Where does that leave us?
Suburban drivers who rely on cheaper rentals, GONE
Older drivers who may use a cab just 3-4 days a week GONE
Part time drivers - GONE
Fleet cabs for when your cab is in having repairs GONE
This is a bloody disgrace and please see the response I received yesterday from one of Helen’s minions.
Good afternoon Grant,
Many thanks for your email to Helen on Friday, I am responding on her behalf.
I appreciate you writing and I want to reassure you that we are not holding private meetings for the purposes of excluding other trade organisations. As you know, we first held an Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) workshop with you and the other trade representatives on 17 January. At that meeting, there was a request from trade reps for a further meeting the following week, which we arranged for the 24th January. Other attendees cancelled their attendance at the meeting on the 24th, so we got in touch with Danny O’Regan (your nominated representative for that meeting) to ask if the LCDC wanted to go ahead with the meeting on consultation proposals, which we would happily have done. Danny decided, on reflection, that he would not attend and instead would prefer to submit a written briefing.
Separately, Unite arranged a meeting with the Mayor which was also attended by the LTDA on 28 January. The meeting was requested by Unite the Union and the LTDA in response to concerns raised by both organisations about the impact of the taxi age limit consultation proposals that had recently been announced by TfL.
Helen and Christina Calderato, Head of Transport Strategy and Planning, whose team is leading on the consultation proposals, were asked to attend the meeting alongside the Mayor. During the meeting the LTDA and Unite challenged some of the modelling assumptions made on taxi emissions that formed the consultation proposals. It was therefore agreed that Christina and Helen would follow up and meet separately with the LTDA and Unite on the specific questions raised during that meeting.
The meeting was arranged for 30 January due to limited diary availability and was held with Steve McNamara of the LTDA. The meeting isn’t minuted but Steve went through the emissions modelling assumptions and asked a number of questions to understand the basis for them. Christina provided answers to these questions. Steve also wanted to understand further the rationale behind some of the proposals so he could consider alternative ideas and suggestions that might form part of the LTDA’s response to the consultation.
All consultation responses, including those that may have been submitted by the LCDC, will now be considered by TfL.
As you will be aware, the engagement policy recognises the need for ad-hoc meetings from time to time to discuss topical issues.
I hope this helps to provide clarification. Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.
Kind regards
Dan
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