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Aylesbury has only 50 HC plates for a population of 60,000, id have thought PH would be milking it

whats the flag on a HC meter?

FFS we have 134 for a population of 14,000 that might squeeze to 25,000 if you include all the small towns in our area
They definitely need another 200 or more

no its £3 anywere in aylesbury but for me to make an average of 100 a day I have to do a average of 35 jobs a day which some times is hard last wednesday 12hour shift I did 18 jobs and I made 60 inc tips.

2.1 Review of Previous Reports
2.1.1 1994 Study
Rank surveys were undertaken on 3 days in July 1994 which concluded that there
was ‘Virtually no unmet demand for taxis in Aylesbury’. Therefore there was no need
to increase the level of white plates beyond the 50 issued.

2.1.2 2002 Study
The 2002 study identified that the taxi fleet comprised 50 white plate HCV’s, with just
1 London style vehicle, although there were several people-carrier style vehicleswhich may have provided some disabled access. The mean average age was
around 7 years and there was little investment in new vehicles with the most
common vehicles being 8 – 9 years old. There were 31 red plate HCV’s of average
7 years which could only rank outside the Aylesbury white plate zone, effectively only
in Buckingham. The 265 yellow plate Private Hire Vehicles have an average age of 7
years with 20% being older than 10 years. Within the full taxi fleet there were more
than 60 vehicles older than 10 years, 56 in the private hire category.

200 hours of rank observations were undertaken by use of a video camera and
physical on-site observations. It was found that passengers did not have to wait for
HCV’s. The review found no evidence of unmet demand. On the contrary, the survey
found a good level of service in both Aylesbury and Buckingham.

Disability groups highlighted that guide dogs
were not allowed in many taxis and where they were an extra charge was made.
There were also complaints regarding an extra charge for passengers in a
wheelchair and that many of the taxis were not wheelchair accessible

By 2005, whilst the taxi fleet was still 50 white plate HCV’s and there were still no
London style vehicles, there were 9 people-carrier style vehicles. The average age
for all HCV’s remained around 7 years. There were 47 red plate HCV’s; an increase
of 16 since the 2002 study. A total of 308 PHV’s existed, an increase of 43 since
2002. Some 60 of these PHV’s used discrete plates which only requires a small
yellow plate on the vehicle therefore reducing the visual impact of the taxi, appealing
more to executives and business travellers. Overall, there was a 17% increase in the
number of vehicles in the licensing area between 2002 and 2005, the bulk of which
has been private hire.

And your theory is based on what exactly?

CC

50 hacks are ok but there are also 30 rural hacks and now over private hire, when ever some one looses a factory job or a good job with a decent wage they go straight to the ph trade an open another company in the last 3yrs 6 new ph have opened that's why everyone isntt making enough, but the reason the hacks are doing well is because of their statiion rank as all the costmers go straight to them an don't bother ringing a local ph firm, that's why the ph don't get long jobs only the local fares.

aylesbury does not need anymore hc plates but what we need the council to do is only accept a certain ammont of ph licence applications a year as aylesbury is flooded with phs.

aylesbury does not need anymore hc plates but what we need the council to do is only accept a certain ammont of ph licence applications a year as aylesbury is flooded with phs.

The law does not allow for PH to be restricted.