FARES FACTS...FARES FACTS LANCASTER:
SCOTTISH BORDERS: TAXI FARES SET TO INCREASE
Councillors have
voted five to two for an increase in taxi fares in the Scottish Borders. ITV News reports that in April, the council’s executive committee decided that fares had to increase by 3.7 per
cent. The rise means that a ten-mile jour- ney in a one-to-four person taxi will go up from £19.59 to £20.32, while a ten- mile journey during ‘anti-social hours’ will rise from £24.49 to £25.40. In anonymous feed-
ST HELEN’S: ‘SIGNIFICANT’ FARE RISE APPROVED
A “significant” taxi fare rise has been approved by St Helens Council to bring hackney rates in line with the rest of the city region. The hackney car- riage trade was instructed to submit an annual rate rise request by council- lors last September, in accordance with St Helens Council’s statement of taxi
licensing policy. It had been intended that a rate rise com- mittee would be established, although this never materi- alised. Subsequently,
the
council’s licensing team has worked with the two main consultative groups, Unite and SHAPTHD (St Helens Associa- tion of Private Hire and Taxi Drivers) to
SALISBURY: CALL FOR LOWER TARIFF DISMISSED
Wiltshire Council has ruled out a sep- arate lower
taxi
tariff scheme for Salisbury. According to the Salisbury Journal, county chiefs had asked Wiltshire’s taxi drivers to come up with their own new county-wide tariff scheme. How- ever,
businesses including a
claimed that having a lower tariff rate to the rest of the coun- ty would draw more punters in. But Wiltshire Coun- cil has now con- firmed its plans to keep a single tariff in place. In response, Salis- bury
councillor
some city and
councillors believe that having one tar- iff,
standard late night charge, is “not fair” and is
“putting
drivers in the city at a disadvantage”. Some connected to Salisbury’s night life
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Atiqul Hoque said that while the rest of the county approves of a standard tariff, drivers in Salisbury want more flexibility. According to Wilt- shire Council, the county
currently
uses a five-tariff system which sees drivers charge a maximum £2 for
every mile, rising to £3 after 10.30pm and £4 after 2.30am. However, these tar- iffs have been slammed by city taxi company All The Sevens. Its director Gary Taylor said: “The problem lies with the council and the stupidly high tariffs they have set. “We still operate on the old three-tariff system: day time; night time; Christ- mas Day/Boxing Day/New Year’s Eve.” Trade representa- tives have until December 10 to put forward a new pro- posal
for taxi charges in Wiltshire.
produce a jointly proposed rate rise. The request as a percentage increase is approximately ten per cent. This was distributed to the trade for bal- lot in June 17 and was agreed. The licensing and environmental pro- tection committee subsequently ap- proved the pro- posed rise.
back the public, both taxi users and drivers, expressed their disapproval but
went
the increase through to
avoid possible inter- vention from the Scottish Govern- ment’s traffic com- missioner.
TAXI FARE INCREASE PROPOSED
An increase in fares in the Lancaster dis- trict is being con- sidered. According to the Lancaster Guardian, the pro- posals would see an extra 20p added to a two-mile journey -
supported by the trade at a recent Taxi Working Group meeting. Fares for two-mile journeys range bet- ween £4.40 - £6.40 in Lancashire and Cumbria, with Lan-
MALVERN: DRIVERS ASK FOR TEN PER CENT INCREASE
A call for an in- crease in fares in Malvern has been rejected. Worcester News reports that Malvern Hills DC’s executive commit- tee rejected a re- quest by drivers to put up prices by ten
per cent to £4.40 for a one-mile jour- ney, but agreed to meet to find a com- promise. Taxi drivers argued the increase is need- ed due to the rise in the living wage, in- flation and council
tax as well as rises in bus and train tickets. Cllr Peter Whatley said some of the jus- tifications for an increase were “entire- ly irrelevant” and the decline in fuel prices had not been men- tioned.
NEWCASTLE: MASSIVE FARE HIKE IS ON ITS WAY
Drivers have asked Newcastle Borough Council to put up the fares. According to the Stoke Sen- tinel,
this means
fares in Newcastle borough will rise for the first time in over a decade as cabbies complained about paying some of the highest costs and
reaping the lowest rewards in Britain. The council’s Licens- ing and Public Pro- tection Committee voted through the fare raise at the end of August. The starting Tariff 1 fare will
increase
from £2.20 to £3 from November – an increase of 36 per
cent – with the first mile cost 90 pence, up from 70 pence. The second mile will rise by £1.40 to £5.55. Cabbies also asked for the more expen- sive Tariff 2 fares to begin at rather
caster already hav- ing the seventh highest fare across the two counties. The increased fare proposal was to go before
Lancaster
City Council’s full cabinet for approval.
10pm, than mid-
night, but councill- ors rejected this.
EASTBOURNE: TAXI FARES TO RISE FROM OCTOBER
Taxi fares in East- bourne are set to rise from around October 30 after councillors approved the first increase for ten years in August. The increases had been agreed in prin- ciple in March but the matter was brought back to the committee in light of an objection raised during public
consultation. However, the com- mittee did not agree with the objection with
councillors
arguing the propos- als had been backed by 74 of East- bourne’s hackney carriage
drivers,
amounting to ar- ound 84 per cent of the town’s trade. The increases mean taxis would be able
to begin a journey between 6am and 11pm with £2.90 on the meter, charge a maximum of £2 per mile for the first five miles and £2.20 for each mile after- wards. For example, this would see the maxi- mum charge for a two-mile
rise from £5.70 to £6.90.
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