"Bruce" wrote in message
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Neil Williams wrote:

My view is that taxis of any kind, private hire or Hackney carriage, are
private transport and should not be permitted in bus lanes at all.


Hackney cabs are *most certainly public transport*. Everyone is
entitled to use them on payment of a regulated fare.

I don't see how having a regulated fare has anything to do with it. Buses
can charge what they like for any given journey.

So on that basis you are left with "anyone can use them on paynet of a fare"
so that makes minicabs PT as well

tim

On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 10:12:41AM +0100, tim.... wrote:
"Bruce" wrote in message
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Hackney cabs are *most certainly public transport*. Everyone is
entitled to use them on payment of a regulated fare.
I don't see how having a regulated fare has anything to do with it. Buses
can charge what they like for any given journey.

Not in London they can't.

Even the most died-in-the-wool Oyster hater wouldn't say that the
unpredictable fares and frequent errors are quite *that* bad.

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