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Another OTT proposal by one section of the trade that's unlikely to get green light?

This is how much taxi fares are set to rise by in Nuneaton

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/ ... e-15530646

It could soon cost £5.10 to travel one mile in the day and £7.55 after midnight

Taxi users face paying up to 13 per cent more to hop into a cab across Nuneaton and Bedworth in the day – and a huge 23 per cent hike after midnight.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Taxi Association has asked Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council for the green light to increase fares.

The changes would put the borough at among the most expensive in the country.

Under the proposals, the price of a one mile ride would rise from £4.50 to £5.10 on tariff one, which covers normal hours of the day, and is 13 per cent rise.

This would make the cost higher than that of neighbouring city Coventry which, according to the city council’s price guide, is £3.80 for the first mile.

But it is not just the charge for the first mile that will rise, the second mile will increase from £6.75 to £7.35, a hike of nine per cent, and three miles, a seven per cent rise, from £8.75 to £9.35.

There is an even bigger increase for tariff two, which is applied each day at midnight until 6am and on Bank Holidays, which will see the first mile rocket by 23 per cent, from £6.15 to £7.55.

Two miles on tariff two will rise from £9.30 to £10.70, which is a 15 per cent rise and three miles on tariff three will rise from £12.10 to £13.50.

CoventryLive has seen a letter sent from the borough council to taxi companies explaining the rise being proposed by Nuneaton and Bedworth Taxi Association.

It is explained that the council wants to hear all taxi companies' views on the proposed rise as part of a consultation.

It is already known that not all taxi firms will implement the hike if it is given the thumbs-up.

Some firms say 'no'

Alan Lawson, who runs Direct Taxis, has already made a public statement that his firm will not use the new maximum charge.

The council itself says, on its website, that: "The fare table is a maximum fare and it is open to proprietors to charge less than the metered fare if they so wish."

The ultimate decision on whether the increase will be agreed lies with the Town Hall and is it unlikely to be made until after the New Year.

Suspect the highlighted text should actually read 'tariff two'.

no there is such a thing as tarrif three down here in england

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Yes, I had realised, but my reasoning was in relation to the figures and the context - if you read it, why would the author suddenly refer to a three mile trip on Rate 3 The figures don't really add up either

some councils do not do 50 percent or 100 percent increase the meter people have a nightmare sometimes accommodating the strange tarif structure

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According to the figures in the article, for the second mile the meter cranks up £3.15 on Rate 2, while the third mile must crank up less than £2.80 on Rate 3 (assuming that a two-mile trip costs less on Rate 3 than on Rate 2, which I think is a reasonable assumption )

So must be a very odd fare structure if indeed the reference to Rate 3 is correct.

Also, funny the way the piece explained what Rate 2 was and when it applied, but just introduced Rate 3 without explanation.

You may be correct though, but life's too short to spend too much time looking into these things

Cabbie boss reacts to taxi charge rise

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/ ... e-15534386

He wants the fares to be lowered not increased

Taxi fares across Nuneaton and Bedworth should be lowered not hiked according to the boss of a town firm.

Alan Lawson, who runs Direct Taxis, said he does not agree with the proposals to increase the amount it costs people across the borough to use taxis – in fact he wants them to be lowered.

He has spoken out after Nuneaton and Bedworth Taxi Association put a wish-list of taxi fare increases to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, which includes 13 per cent more to hop into a cab in the day and a huge 23 per cent hike after midnight.

“I am appealing against the rise and asking for a five per cent reduction in fares, also scrapping the extra charges for each passenger, currently at 40p per person,” said Mr Lawson,

“We need to lower the fares across the borough, if we keep upping the fares they will force people out of the taxis completely. Lower fares equals more fare, more fare means less dead mileage, which ultimately means more revenue.”

He went on to add that the taxi association does not speak on behalf of all of the firms in the borough.

“I am really against what they (the association) want,” said the owner of the Pool Road-based company.

“In fact I think they should be doing the opposite.”

How much taxis could cost

Under the proposals, the price of a one mile ride would rise from £4.50 to £5.10 on tariff one, which covers normal hours of the day, and is a 13 per cent rise.

But it is not just the charge for the first mile that will rise, the second mile will increase from £6.75 to £7.35, a hike of nine per cent, and three miles, a seven per cent rise, from £8.75 to £9.35.

There is an even bigger increase for tariff two, which is applied each day at midnight until 6am and on Bank Holidays, which will see the first mile rocket by 23 per cent, from £6.15 to £7.55.

Two miles on tariff two will rise from £9.30 to £10.70, which is a 15 per cent rise and three miles on tariff three will rise from £12.10 to £13.50.

Consultation

The borough council has launched a consultation into the proposals after formally receiving a letter from the taxi association.

The ultimate decision on whether the increase will be agreed lies with the Town Hall and is it unlikely to be made until after the New Year.

There has not been an increase in taxi fare charges across the borough since 2016.

It is no secret that taxi charges across the borough are currently higher than the neighbouring cities of Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester - and even cost more than the national average.

Suspect 'more fare' means 'more fares', and 'fares' means trips.

So he's saying:

"Lower fares equals more trips, more trips means less dead mileage, which ultimately means more revenue."

We have tariff 3 and tariff 4 here with a request in for a new tariff 5.

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Grandad,

Been proven that lowering the fares does not create more work,this guy must be a private hire operator and forgets that the fare increase proposed is the Council tariff for hackney carriage services provided by licensed TAXIS plying for hire on the ranks or street hailing.

Just what you expect from a spiv.

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I wonder if Mr Lawson is paying his drivers the NMW? I doubt it or he wouldn't be bumping his gums wanting a reduction.

Does he also realise it is the maximum fare allowed, not the mandatory. If he wants a Race to the bottom good luck to him.

I doubt it, more likely he is one of the many that rely on the state subsidise his driver's earning.

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