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Posted on the 3rd February 2025 in PHTM News
UBER INSTALLS GEOFENCE AROUND NUNEATON TOWN CENTRE TAXI RANK
Uber has installed a geofence around the Nuneaton town centre taxi rank, please see email from Uber to Nuneaton Council below:
"Good afternoon, I have received the below email from Uber who have confirmed they have arranged for geo-fencing in the attached area.
Dear Ricky,
I hope this email finds you well.
We already applied our geofencing technology on the official Hackney rank a few weeks ago (please see screenshot attached). Apologies for not following up with an email to you. We also remind all PHV drivers on a regular basis that they are not allowed on any taxi ranks.
On the busy areas during night time: Often people assume vehicles would wait for their next dispatch while actually they are already dispatched and waiting for their customer(s). As long as there is no disruption to road traffic, we generally refrain from using a geofence in such cases. For safety reasons, people should be picked up exactly where they want to be, especially at night hours and in areas of the night time economy.
Regards,
Ricky Casserly Licensing Team Leader"
John Igoe, Director of MI Taxis who has fought so hard to get this geofence in place told PHTM: "I am really pleased with this result but it is just the beginning. Uber drivers are still ranking up outside the nightclubs .... We need the geofence area expanding in Nuneaton, the fight goes on!"
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