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THE EASY WAY TO PARK IN MARYLEBONE? Park somewhere else…! |
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| Dial-a-Cab driver Steve Thomas (N10) needed to stop for a short while at the three-space taxi bays in Harewood Place, Marylebone, which as all good drivers know comes under the auspices of those nice people from Westminster Council. Yes, those same people who kindly invited Call Sign up to their CCTV centre to see how upset they were at having to issue PCNs to taxi drivers for stopping. We understood fully that it was for our own good. After all, starvation and good bladder control are |
useful attributes for licensed
taxi drivers to attain. Steve contacted Call Sign to ask a simple question; just what did Westminster’s parking instruction at Harewood Place actually mean? After all, he was starving to Westminster standards (and practicing his bladder control) when he noticed that the signs contradicted themselves. He just couldn’t work out if taxi drivers needed to pay, what was the location number of the spaces if you paid by credit |
card and how long we could
stay - 20 or 60 minutes? Steve contacted Westminster to ask them, but because they were too busy looking after our welfare at other parking spots, they didn’t actually know but told Steve not to worry as they would sort it out. In the meantime, she wished him luck with his starvation project! The bad part is that when Steve returned to the bays the following week, the signs were still the same. The good part is that he has now lost 2 stone…! |
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"Never been a better time to buy a new or used taxi…" |
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| Leading motor industry
magazine Automotive Management has just launched a
campaign to change the tone of reporting in the national press
and on TV from one of doom and gloom about falling car sales,
manufacturing plants cutting production, business closures and
redundancies, to one promoting the amazing deals that are
available to retail buyers and why there has never been – and
never will be – a better time to buy a vehicle. Reasons for their optimism include: * VAT cut from 17.5% to 15% * Interest rates at lowest level for 315 years * Better fuel efficiency of new vehicles * New car transaction prices up to 10% lower than a year ago, making cars more affordable * Carmakers have stocks of unsold vehicles they are keen to sell, leading to incredibly strong customer offers In support of the Automotive Management initiative, LTI are offering the best |
 driver deals ever and are promoting why there has never been a better time to buy a new or used taxi. Kieren Puffett, editor of parkers.co.uk the car buying advice website said: "There are a wealth of great deals to be snapped up. Dealers and manufacturers are desperate to shift stock and have some really strong offers. It’s hard to see how the promotions can get any better." His comments were echoed by Peter Vardy, Chief Executive of Vauxhall, Chevrolet and BMW retail group Peter Vardy Ltd in Scotland: "The deals on new and |
used cars are
as good at they are going to get," he said. LTI have thrown their support behind Automotive Management’s campaign. "In line with many other businesses in the economy, it became clear to us early in the fourth quarter of 2008 that customers were delaying purchases of new taxis," said LTI’s Sales Director Rob Laidler. "We had two choices; either accept the situation and the resultant loss of sales, or react positively and take the necessary actions to stimulate demand and give customers compelling reasons why they should buy a new taxi now." Rob ended by saying: "Working with our dealers, we have put in place the strongest support package possible that ensures customers receive fantastic deals on new TX4s. The response from our customers during November and December has been fantastic." |
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Tottenham Court Road Station Works… |
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| Drivers and operators may
be aware that major works are planned in the vicinity of
Tottenham Court Road station to modernise the tube station and
cater for Crossrail services. These works will take place
over the next seven years and will involve substantial changes
to the road layout in the area in several stages. The first phase of these begins immediately after the holiday period. The main elements are: • Andrew Borde Street will be closed to all traffic • Sutton Row will be closed between Falconberg Mews and Charing Cross Road • The northern end of Charing Cross Road will be northbound only • The northern end of St Giles High Street will be for buses only (except for access to pick up or set down passengers) |
• The right
turn from New Oxford Street into Tottenham Court Road will be
permitted • Buses will be diverted via Shaftesbury Avenue or Denmark Street • Taxis coming from the southeast should use St Giles High Street and Earnshaw Street to get to Oxford Street or Tottenham Court Road • Access to pick up or set down in the area of Centre Point, Denmark Street etc will be from Princes Circus via St Giles High Street More information on the station upgrade and associated works is at www.tfl.gov.uk/tcr. Further advice will be published when more changes are imminent… Len Simkins |
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