Taxi drivers oppose measures to phase out petrol and diesel

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Taxi drivers oppose measures to phase out petrol and diesel cabs in Reading



Black cab drivers queuing at a taxi rank in Garrard Street, Reading town centre. Credit: James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporting Service

Taxi drivers in Reading have opposed measures that could phase out fully petrol and diesel cabs from the town's roads.

Cabs, which are also known as hackney carriages are a convenient mode of taxi transport, where drivers can be hailed from a street and taken to a customers' chosen destination.

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Reading Borough Council has had a hackney carriages emissions & age policy since 2019.

The council now wants to update this policy, which would remove 15 Euro 5a diesel cabs from the road, and require that all replacement vehicles are at minimum ultra-low emissions (ULEVs) and under eight years old by October 2025.

To be considered a ULEV, a vehicle must be hybrid or fully electric.

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Also, by October 2028, it would require that all replacement cabs to be ULEV and under five years old.






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