Post by The Dark Knight on Jun 13, 2024 11:10:09 GMT
Taxi drivers in Blackpool hold protest over 'out-of-town' Uber drivers working the area
Fed-up taxi drivers in Blackpool have staged a road protest over ‘out-of-town’ Uber operators working the area.
Drivers from established taxi firms, including C-Cabs, Premier Cabs and Blacktax, joined the protest by blocking off part of Talbot Road in Blackpool earlier today.
The protest, which lasted for around an hour until lunch time, was accompanied by a large police presence and officers were able to divert traffic around the obstruction.
Taxi firms say Uber drivers, who are not licensed to operate in Blackpool, are moving in from areas such as Blackburn, Preston and Bolton and even as far as Liverpool and Manchester
www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/why-we-taxi-drivers-held-a-protest-in-blackpool-over-uber-drivers-coming-into-town-4663722
Fed-up taxi drivers in Blackpool have staged a road protest over ‘out-of-town’ Uber operators working the area.
Drivers from established taxi firms, including C-Cabs, Premier Cabs and Blacktax, joined the protest by blocking off part of Talbot Road in Blackpool earlier today.
The protest, which lasted for around an hour until lunch time, was accompanied by a large police presence and officers were able to divert traffic around the obstruction.
Taxi firms say Uber drivers, who are not licensed to operate in Blackpool, are moving in from areas such as Blackburn, Preston and Bolton and even as far as Liverpool and Manchester
www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/why-we-taxi-drivers-held-a-protest-in-blackpool-over-uber-drivers-coming-into-town-4663722