"John Rowland" typed


"Mike Hughes" wrote in message
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The outer suburbs used to be better served at night by
ComCab when they had the London Transport contract.
This meant that there taxis in all the outer areas where
there are tube stations. Drivers do not know beforehand
what type of job it is and taxicard jobs were then getting covered
better.
No one is going to wait in an
outer area unless there is a likelihood of getting a job.

So when TfL/LU transferred the Underground contract away from Comcab, they
shafted all the disabled people in outer London? There must be an Evening
Standard headline in there somewhere.


I think I'm a fairly typical Taxicard user, though possibly younger,
louder and more computer literate than many.

I have been effectively stranded by the scheme about once per month.[1]
I am more than happy to help with any article in the making.

I know of people who have missed hospital appointments because of it (I
have only made time-critical appointments by bailing out into a
mini-cab.)

[1] Waiting over 45 minutes for an immediate cab or no-show within 15
minutes of pre-booked ride.

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