RANK RUMBLINGS ILKESTON TAXIS TO OPERATE LONGER


Taxis will be allowed to operate for longer from a rank in Ilkeston Market Place by the end of October.


Six cars operate from the rank between 6pm and 6am each day at the moment, but Der- byshire County Council


has agreed they can operate for 24 hours a day on Sundays, Mon- days, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.


The times would remain the same on the other three days when the market is held. A council spokes-


woman told the Derby Telegraph that the change would be made in “two to three months”. Ilkeston Taxi Forum said the number of taxis had increased and more rank time was needed.


BOOST FOR MAIDENHEAD STATION TAXIS


The number of bays for waiting taxis will be boosted following complaints of car chaos at Maidenhead railway station.


The Maidenhead Ad- vertiser reports that spaces will be marked up around the back of


the station in Shop- penhangers Road and Ludlow Road, so driv- ers can queue up to get one of the handful of spaces around the front. It is hoped the bays, which will rise in num- ber from about eight to


20, will be drawn out in the autumn after the Royal Borough’s licensing panel ap- proved the move last month.


Bays will also be intro- duced in Stafferton Way, Nicholsons Lane and Queen Street.


Taxi drivers in Exmouth say they are losing business as they are forced to make do with a temporary rank as The Strand redevelop- ment continues.


Dave Lean, chairman of the Exmouth Taxi Owners and Drivers’ Association, told the Exeter Express and


EXMOUTH DRIVERS LOSE OUT ON RANK got used to it.”


Echo: “The temporary rank, which is almost half the size of the original, is better than nothing and we have to carry on living with it.


“In the first fortnight, I lost about 15 to 20 per cent of my usual trade, but I think this was to be expected as people


A district council spokesman said: “A contingent of taxi operators took part in joint consultation ses- sions. Every effort has been made to accom- modate this important element of the town’s business life and transport system.”


FRESH LOOK AT SCARBOROUGH’S RANKS


A major overhaul of Scarborough’s taxi ranks has moved a step closer. Scarborough councillors met to fur- ther discuss plans that will see changes at a number of ranks across the town. The aim is to increase passenger use and combat illegal parking after concerns were raised by traders that many waiting areas were too small and stretched too thin across town.


According to the Scar- borough Evening News, under the pro- posals, the taxi ranks in Westborough, Ver- non Road, and


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Falconers Road will be removed, with a feasi- bility study set to be carried out to assess the possibility of build- ing ranks for four taxis in St Nicholas Cliff and Albemarle Crescent. The recommendations also include plans to reinstate or increase the size of night-time ranks in St Thomas Street and the North Street Link Road, with the single taxi rank in Aberdeen Walk, which caters for wheelchair access vehicles, being doubled in size to coin- cide with the removal of restrictions on the type of taxi allowed to use the space.


Councillors heard plans to make the Peasholm Gap rank bigger to accommo- date four vehicles, with the rank in Sand- side and adjoining coach bays designat- ed as 24-hour shared use for taxis and coaches, and the Northway rank poten- tially becoming a bus stop during the day if a more suitable rank can be found in Albe- marle Crescent or an alternative town cen- tre site.


The recommenda- tions will be put to Cllr Andrew Backhouse, before any final deci- sion is made.


PHTM SEPTEMBER 2010


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