🟥 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐍𝐨𝐰’𝐬 𝟐𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬…..

What the hell is up with Taxi drivers on these app, sleep walking into a one-tier service🤷‍♂️

Look what happened when Hailo took on private hire cars, drivers boycotted and deleted the app in such large numbers, they had to change back to Taxis only….but the drivers never really forgave them and they had to sell out. 

You the drivers have the power to stop these apps, working with private hire, but them the trade's drivers today, don’t appear to have the stomach or the common sense to put up a fight. 

Today’s Licensed Taxi drivers appear to be happy to work for what have now become Private Hire operators. 

Surely you can all see the consequences of working for an app, which is basically a Private Hire operator?

What next?……will you be happy to work on the Uber app?

We know they are soon opening their app up to Green badge drivers….

Mariusz Zabrocki, General Manager of FREE NOW UK, said: “We are delighted that Gett has chosen to enrich its platform with our exceptional minicab fleet, reinforcing our position as a leading ride-hailing operator in London. 

“Our partnership with Gett is a milestone in our two major areas of focus: driver’s earnings and customer experience”.

𝐓𝐀𝐗𝐈 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐒 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐓: 

I know that there are many drivers out there who think I’m a doom and gloom'er, I’ve recently been called a conspiracy theorist by a so called leading Taxi garage. We were even accused by the LTDA in Taxi paper, of spreading false rumours….but we now know they (the LTDA) knew my news about e-Taxi only signage, was 100% correct. (Still waiting for an apology 🤭). 

I know I’ve banged on quite a bit over the last 13-14 years about Project Horizon, but the evidence is clear to see, it’s finally happening. 

We will soon see the e-Taxi only bus lanes and road access!

The trade's drivers have been dramatically reduced!

The Apps are now working their way towards a one tier service.

Just look at these statistics posted on Twitter by Cabvision earlier this week 

2014/15 vs 2023

Total drivers 25,232 vs 18,391 (-26%)

Green badge 21,724 - 16,399 (-25%)

Yellow badge 3,508 - 1,994 (-43%)

Total taxis 22,500 - 15,056 (-33%)

With over 20,000 PH drivers just on FreeNow, they now outnumber the whole of the Taxi trades drivers.

Any driver willing to have a FreeNow or Gett livery on their Taxi, might just as well be advertising Uber