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… with all the events having gone on these past few weeks, one runs out of acronyms: OMG, WTF, PMSL, ROFL, TMI and so on. IMHO, it’s best if we kept it polite in this column. Wouldn’t wish to offend anybody’s sensitivities…
Of course the industry headline-stealer last month was the acquisition of Autocab by Uber. You’ll find plenty of compre- hensive analysis and information inside this edition, from all sectors of the industry.
And then there is the latest instalment of #theforgottenindustry: we present you with our September Scepticism update – the additional funding for buses, the continued pat-on-the-head platitudes from Government when members of our industry contact them for direction or advice. The matter of cycle lanes and pedestrianisations is an entire plethora of nonsense, so widespread that we intend to bring you an entire feature on the matter in October’s PHTM. All contributions welcome, as always.
Also we’ve updated our Airports feature, which received an un- precedented reaction from PHTM readers in August. Good on ya! - this is what we need to see: more action and reaction industry-wide on all these topics. Keep it coming.
Liza Lipson
Graham Burns Annabel Lee
Trevor Dunkerley Hatem Obed Jamie McCoy
Then there is the thorny matter of charging Clean Air Zones – which is bound to be a tetchy subject in these financially flattened times. Check out our Green pages, where you’ll see that Leeds City Council has deferred their CAZ timetable and put the whole shebang under review; and that of Transport for Greater Manchester, where they have not budged – so far. This caused rather a large ruction last month, in the form of a go-slow drive round Manchester city centre by literally hundreds of black cabs and PHVs. A unified trade! – how cool is that. Read all about it inside… and hopefully it will have been resolved (that is to say, the trade will have had their promised next meeting) so that we can report some progress in October prior to the major consultation amongst all ten GM boroughs.
We also bring you the latest rants… erm, dignified columns, from both Unite and the GMB, with thanks as always for their giving a damn and taking the time to send us their latest thoughts. There are also a couple of entries from NPHTA director Dave Lawrie: his report following a virtual meeting with HMRC on future self-assessment declaration plans; and on the NPHTA pages, yet another plea: What about our drivers?!
Amongst all that lot you’ll find our regular departments, including Taxi Law Explained, which goes into the “new” definition of fit and proper; the Company Profile from Southampton; Know Your Rights, WWTF, and a load of current news from all over. Take particular care to suss out our Unsung Heroes spread; this month’s stories are second to none, and just show how caring and supportive our trade can be in the face of adversity.
You know what we’re like around here… always trying to lift spirits, and find the lighter side of the current Covid situation. How about a couple of one-liners to cheer you up, such as: “I feel like Nature has sent us all to our rooms for being idiots.” (polite version). Or: “Stepped on my scale this morning and it said, ‘Please use social distancing – one person at a time.’”
You’d better get reading! – enjoy, and stay safe. SEPTEMBER 2020 LOVE IT
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