In the news

In depth analysis of the Uber row:
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2017/understanding-uber-not-app/
A very long read that everyone who signed the petition in response to Uber's email should study.

Some highlights:

In total, Uber had failed to report six sexual assaults, two public order offences and one assault to the police.

A very different story to that put out by the Uber chief exec on the news this today.

There is more on how they avoid taxes and screw their drivers. Also on the impact London traffic:

. . why have TfL said ‘no’ when practically everyone else has said ‘yes’?
To a large extent, the extreme public backlash this news received and the size of Uber’s petition provide the answer – because Uber are a bully. Unfortunately for them, TfL are an even bigger one.

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Indeed if TfL have any kind of ulterior motive for their actions, it is simply that they dislike the impact Uber are having on congestion within the capital, and the effect this congestion then has on the bus network.

Having been out of London for a year or so I notice how many more drivers are wandering all over the road while studying their mobile app.