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Author:  captain cab [ Fri Jul 22, 2016 7:15 am ]
Post subject:  View sought on council's new taxi policy
View sought on council's new taxi policy



A consultation on the draft policy was given the go-ahead this week by councillors at Licensing Committee. It will run until 22 August.

The council is responsible for licensing hackney carriage and private hire vehicles and their associated proprietors and operators throughout the city.

The aim of the proposed policy is to give a clear statement on how the council will work with operators to protect the public and the environment and deliver a professional, respected and easy to access taxi service for all.

One of the most important elements of the proposed new policy is the objective to license only low emissions taxi vehicles by 2026.

Air quality is poor in a number of locations in the city where there is a concentration of emissions from buses, taxis and service vehicles.

The council’s Air Quality Action Plan last year identified reducing emissions from taxis and buses as one key policy to help improve air quality here.

Incentives to encourage the take-up of low emission taxis, in order to help meet the proposed 2026 targets that are under consideration in the proposed new policy, include:

    •A discount or exemption on fees for drivers of ‘Low Emission Taxis’ (petrol electric hybrids) or ‘Ultra-Low Emission Taxis’ (fully electric);
    •Extending the maximum age limit allowed for taxis if they are fully electric or petrol/electric hybrids;
    •Creating an electric taxi-only rank;
    •Providing a number of taxi-only charging points.

Other initiatives under consideration in the proposed policy include:

    •Making training in safeguarding and disability awareness mandatory for all taxi licence holders;
    •A review of the current medical examination requirements for licensed drivers;
    •Prohibiting the use of e-cigarettes or similar devices in taxis.

The current policy, which has been updated from time to time, has been in place since October 2011 and is now due for review.

Cllr Gerri Bird, Chair of Licensing Committee, said: “For a number of residents of the city, as well as people doing business here or visiting, the taxi trade provides an important service.

“It’s the council’s job to provide a taxi service that’s safe, accessible to all and meets demand.

“Low emission taxis are less polluting and have lower operating costs, so it is right that we look at encouraging their take-up by the taxi trade.

“Our draft policy sets out the high standards we expect and I would encourage everyone to take this opportunity to have their say on the future operation of this important city transport service.”

Residents, visitors, taxi operators and others can take part in the consultation which will be published at: https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/consultations/tell-us-what-you-think-of-our-revised-taxi-licensing-policy .

Consultation letters to taxi operators and other stakeholders will also be sent out and a trade forum held.

All comments will be taken into account in preparing the final policy and the results of the consultation will be discussed by councillors at the next Licensing Committee on 17 October.

source: http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/ ... xi-policy/
Author:  edders23 [ Fri Jul 22, 2016 10:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: View sought on council's new taxi policy
You could have put the word Cambridge in the title or something that way Skippy,Ven ,Nidge etc would know where we are on about about because they sure as hell aren't going to read all the way down to find it :lol:
Author:  Nidge2 [ Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: View sought on council's new taxi policy
edders23 wrote:
You could have put the word Cambridge in the title or something that way Skippy,Ven ,Nidge etc would know where we are on about about because they sure as hell aren't going to read all the way down to find it :lol:


Low emission taxis aren't my bag.
Author:  heathcote [ Fri Jul 22, 2016 9:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: View sought on council's new taxi policy
A Council cannot charge differential fees for a license,a license fee for a TAXI is supposed to be the break even cost of issue.any so called discount costs would have to be applied to other TAXI licenses meaning the trade would be paying the discount as no subsidy will come from the general rates fund.

The trade could not be charged with the costs of providing charging points,there is no data available to say an electric vehicle will last any longer than other fuelled vehicles,who has devised if anyone has a TAXI test for an electric vehicle.

Just a couple of points for everyone to mull over.
Author:  grandad [ Sat Jul 23, 2016 12:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: View sought on council's new taxi policy
heathcote wrote:
A Council cannot charge differential fees for a license,a license fee for a TAXI is supposed to be the break even cost of issue.any so called discount costs would have to be applied to other TAXI licenses meaning the trade would be paying the discount as no subsidy will come from the general rates fund.

The trade could not be charged with the costs of providing charging points,there is no data available to say an electric vehicle will last any longer than other fuelled vehicles,who has devised if anyone has a TAXI test for an electric vehicle.

Just a couple of points for everyone to mull over.

I have wondered about the differential fees. For instance here the fees have been calculated to include a deficit from previous years. Vehicle fees came down by £100 per year so how could there have been a deficit? However if we plate a duel fuel or all electric vehicle we get a 25% discount. If we plate a WAV we get a 25% discount. If we plate a duel fuel WAV we get a 50% discount. This must be wrong. Our fees are also discounted by 10% for a renewal.
It will be interesting to see how they apply the discounts next year when we renew the plate for our Prius. Will we get a 35% reduction or will it be a 10% reduction and then a 25% reduction on the reduced figure or will it be a 25% reduction and then a 10% reduction on that fee? Now the last 2 come to the same ammount but the first way gives us an extra £5.00 off the fee.
Author:  trotskys twin [ Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: View sought on council's new taxi policy
NUMBER OF CAB DRIVERS THAT WILL READ AND THEN RESPOND 4 :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:
Author:  sasha [ Sat Jul 23, 2016 3:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: View sought on council's new taxi policy
heathcote wrote:
A Council cannot charge differential fees for a license,
Why do HC licenses cost more (here) than PH ones ? The only extra cost the council can use as an excuse that I can think of is the expense of maintaining HC ranks :?
Author:  edders23 [ Sat Jul 23, 2016 4:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: View sought on council's new taxi policy
ours now offer discounts for eco friendly cars or wav's
Author:  Sussex [ Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: View sought on council's new taxi policy
heathcote wrote:
a license fee for a TAXI is supposed to be the break even cost of issue.

When did the law change?
Author:  heathcote [ Sun Jul 24, 2016 7:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: View sought on council's new taxi policy
A TAXI license is exactly what is stated,nothing to do with private hire licensing and for those persons who do not know or cannot be bothered to check on readily available information and it would appear there is a fair old number involved with this forum, a Licensing Authority must charge a fee for TAXI licenses (vehicle & driver) but does not have to charge any fee for Private Hire vehicle or driver.
Author:  Sussex [ Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: View sought on council's new taxi policy
heathcote wrote:
A TAXI license is exactly what is stated,nothing to do with private hire licensing and for those persons who do not know or cannot be bothered to check on readily available information and it would appear there is a fair old number involved with this forum, a Licensing Authority must charge a fee for TAXI licenses (vehicle & driver) but does not have to charge any fee for Private Hire vehicle or driver.

You have been talking too much rank rubbish I'm afraid.

Instead of making statements just post a link to the statute or case law.

But you still haven't clarified your statement re taxi license fees can only be set to meet the cost of process.

Might be an idea to read this, and yes I know it doesn't involve taxis.

http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2015/25.html
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