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Uber vs London Taxis - Protest via Gridlock

posted by janrinok on Friday May 09 2014, @11:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the more-cabbies-having-a-bad-time dept.

youngatheart writes:

London's black cabs have promised to bring "chaos, congestion and confusion" to London as a protest against the growing presence of smartphone taxi service Uber. They are planning for 10,000 drivers to meet at a London landmark (which hasn't been named yet) in early June.

Steve McNamara, LTDA's [Licensed Taxi Drivers Association] general secretary, told the BBC: "I anticipate that the demonstration against TfL's [Transport for London's] handling of Uber will attract many many thousands of cabs and cause severe chaos, congestion and confusion across the metropolis."

This amid lawsuits in some places and drivers being fined in others.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Friday May 09 2014, @11:54PM

    by frojack (1554) on Friday May 09 2014, @11:54PM (#41436) Journal

    On what basis did you link Amazon and Uber?

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  • (Score: 1) by Theophrastus on Saturday May 10 2014, @12:09AM

    by Theophrastus (4044) on Saturday May 10 2014, @12:09AM (#41437)

    For lack of a more terse reference try searching on: bezos uber
    (or search down the page on the Uber wikipedia page)