A Tale of Two Cities or Two Taxis – 7th
Good Practice Driving Visually Impaired People Jonathan Martin (Licensing Manager) and I recently met with the members of the Sight Loss Council to talk about their experiences of using taxis. Although many visually impaired or blind people have established very good relationships with a particular regular driver or operator, and report an excellent service, it […]
Bigger, better electric vehicle charging network launches
A new West of England partnership has formed to revamp the region’s electric vehicle (EV) charging network and accelerate the take-up of zero or low emission vehicles. Bristol City Council, along with local authorities for Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset, will be upgrading the current ‘Source West’ EV charging point […]
Do you know your license conditions?
Private Hire and Hackney Carriage licences all have a number of conditions attached (with the exception of Hackney Carriage Drivers, who must still comply with the Hackney Carriage Byelaws). These conditions are printed on the pages which are attached to your licence and can also be found here. It is important that you read and […]
Electric charge-points for Hackney Carriage Vehicles
The Council has been awarded a grant from the Department for Transport to install 4 rapid charging units in Bristol for the use of Hackney carriage drivers. These will become part of the public charging network for the West of England, known as Revive. We are keen to hear your views on switching to electric […]
Licensing/Taxi Cop Outreach – on the road
PC Patrick Quinton and an Officer from the Licensing Team will be back out on the road again in a mobile police station. You are welcome to come and see them (no appointment necessary) to discuss any concerns or licence queries. They will be out on the 20 December 2019, 4 February 2020 and 7 […]
The use of taximeters
Do you drive a Hackney Carriage vehicle? Do you undertake Private Hire work for a licensed Operator? Did you know that you still need to use your meter? Any journey undertaken by a Hackney Carriage vehicle requires that the meter is on and working during the journey. This includes those vehicles undertaking Private Hire work […]
Taxi Driver Equality Monitoring
Before we can consider any licensing policy changes, we have to think about who may be affected by the change. As part of this, we would like to ask you a few questions about yourself. By understanding the different equalities groups in the taxi trade we can see if possible policy changes might affect different […]