Council reject St Albans taxi drivers' bid to regulate licences
TAXI drivers in St Albans last night failed in their bid to persuade the district council to impose a limit on the number of licences which are granted.
Hackney Carriage drivers across the district, who are members of the St Albans Taxi Association, asked a licensing committee to consider introducing a regulation. As the committee had recommended, however, the limit on licences handed out was not considered.
The drivers say they have been left disappointed by the decision and will continue to lobby the council on this matter.
Mudassar Yasin, secretary of the taxi association, added: “Some of the councillors on the committee did raise the issue that there is a problem.
“But our request wasn't accepted- it is disappointing. But we won't take this lying down.”
The taxi drivers had requested the limit to be introduced as they thought the high number of Hackney Carriage drivers on the road was affecting their income.
Similarly, Watford taxi drivers had also recently requested their council to look into introducing a cap. They celebrated an initial victory last month when the council agreed to carry out a survey to assess how many taxis the town needs.
source:
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/