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Let us all use bus lanes, say cabbies

TAXI drivers want to see an end to restrictions banning some of them from using bus lanes.

Private hire and Hackney cabbies in Basildon have been campaigning for improved access to bus lanes in borough, to make journeys shorter and save money for customers.

Private hire cabbies risk a £60 fine if caught by cameras.

Ralph Morgan, a Basildon Hackney carriage licence holder, said: “If we were all able to use Laindon Link, a short journey from the town centre to Laindon,for example, could be at least 40p cheaper. It might not sound a lot, but it really would makeadifference to customers.”

In 1986 Basildon Council changed the colour of its Hackney cabs to white and orange, and granted them access to a number of bus lanes.

Seven years ago Essex County Council took over the system.

Dave Downton, chairman of the Basildon Private Hire Association, added: “This has been ongoing now for a long time and it’s about time it got sorted one way or another.”

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_n ... y_cabbies/

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