A Giant Vote Of No Confidence In TfL's Current Administration.

There was a stark difference set around yesterday's demo. This protest manifested purely from driver momentum. 

The words on everyone in the trades lips:

"should TfL ignore this action, it will be at their own peril".

Today's message was a giant vote of no confidence in the current TfL administration.

Well over 5,000 taxis assembled at two separate pre-planed objectives, causing gridlock first outside Palestra, then on a second front at Tenison Way, Waterloo. Reports came in that most of the city had been paralysed trying to get south over Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges.

The disruption saw TfL desperately trying to diverted their buses, but there was nowhere for them to go, as SE1 ground to a halt. 

The demo had a lighthearted atmosphere with the officers policing the demo, who mostly said they supported our stance. Leaflets were given out to passers by, many of whom were actively deleting the Uber App.

Just before 6pm, on a given signal from the organisers, attention focused on Parliament square, completely catching the police off guard.  By 7pm all approach roads into the square were solid, buses caught in the chaos emptied, as passengers made an exodus towards the tubes. 

TfL's director of surface operations Peter Blake told the Standard, " there is no need for this protest, we urged the organisers to call it off. The mayor has recently launched a comprehensive Taxi and Private Hire action plan that is aimed at driving up standards and improving services". 

Is this man for real?

If TfL are worried about safety, why are they refusing to publish the minicab related sexual assault/rape statistics recorded across the 32 London boroughs for the year Feb 2015-Feb2016 ?

Why are TfL slowly dismantling the Private Hire Act 1998 in favour of a company that has circumvented regulation and legislation to suit it's self at every opportunity. 

Instead of enforcing existing regulation, TfL are now openly revising regulation to protect this company. 

Over the last few months, there has been a mounting of evidence showing collusion from TfL's top level of management. It's time the government got involved and held a public inquiry into the alleged corruption and open bias from TfL.

Yesterday protests saw a new era in style of demonstrations, no egos, no recruitment drive, just driver lead momentum. 

The Independent Taxi Alliance (ITA) organisers have today stated that should TfL continue to ignore the Licensed Taxi Trades grievances, then this type of action will be escalated and could eventually become a daily event. 

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