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UBER ANNOUNCES IT WILL OPEN UP ITS PLATFORM TO LONDON BLACK CABS
Uber has announced that it will open up its platform to London black cabs. The new service which will be rolled out in early 2024, will enable black cab drivers to sign up to the Uber app to take booked journeys at a no commission deal for the first six months. However, Steve McNamara, gen- eral secretary of theLTDA, said: “We have no interest in sullying the name of London’s world-renowned black cab trade by aligning it with Uber, it’s poor safety record and everything else that comes with it.” In London, one of Uber’s top five markets, the company wants taxi drivers to join its service as they have already done in Paris, New York and Rome. It says passengers and taxi drivers both benefit when
the latter work with Uber. If London’s “cabbies” do take up the offer of joining the platform in significant numbers it would rep- resent a huge thaw in relations. One driver, Hameed Hameedi, said he was on board, becoming the first London cab driver to sign up. He said it could be a “huge advan- tage” to the trade. “Ultimately, more passenger trips means more cash for cabbies,” he said. Meanwhile Liam Griffin, CEO of Ad- dison Lee said: “Following the ac- quisition of ComCab in 2021, we added iconic black taxis onto our platform, and today we offer cus- tomers a full range of quality op- tions as the capital’s largest and most trusted private hire, taxi and same day courier business.
“Since its arrival in London in 2012, Uber’s
operating practices and
predatory pricing model have threatened the livelihoods of hard- working local black taxi and private hire drivers in the capital. Its poor record on safety and driver support has undermined the reputation of the industry and created a race to the bottom that has damaged us all. “London’s black cab drivers have always been vocal in their opposi- tion to Uber – and for good reason. The tech firm has time and time again proved itself to be the enemy of healthy competition and fair prices in the sector. Uber will have its work cut out to win over black taxi drivers who are rightly extremely sceptical of the motives behind today’s move.”
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