NEW BLACK TAXI APP RULES: “Passengers reasonably expect that once a booking is accepted, the driver will attend” says Mayor of London

Image credits: LEVC The Mayor of London has said concerns about licensed taxi drivers repeatedly accepting app bookings and then cancelling them, potentially leaving vulnerable or disabled passengers stranded, should be reported to Transport for London (TfL) for investigation. The issue was raised as a written question by Caroline Russell, a Green Party member of the London Assembly, who asked whether a cab driver behaving in that way would meet the standard of being a “fit and proper person”…