The Government has given the go-ahead for three new trials of self-driving vehicles, which are expected to reach UK roads by 2021.
Luxury taxi firm Addison Lee will lead one of them, called Project Apollo, to introduce an app-based, on demand ride-sharing service in London.
The consortium includes Oxbotica, the self-driving vehicle software company with which Addison Lee is already working to create a 3D map of Canary Wharf, in preparation for autonomous vehicles.
Paul McCabe, Addison Lee Group corporate development director said the project in the capital would deliver “better mobility for its people, enhanced public transport, cleaner air and safer streets.”
The taxi firm is also a participant in a second consortium, called ServCity, led by Jaguar Land Rover. This will build a premium mobility service across four London boroughs, using six autonomous Land Rover Discoverys.
The third autonomous vehicle trial – Project CAV Forth – will take place in Edinburgh, where five autonomous full-size single decker buses will run a 14-mile service from Ferrytoll Park and Ride in Fife across the Forth Bridge to the Scottish capital’s Train and Tram Interchange.
The project aims to run buses every 20 minutes, accumulating 20,000 weekly journeys as a test bed for future autonomous bus services.
The bus will be Level 4 autonomous, which means that a driver will have to be on board at all times.
https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/fleet-management/london-taxi-fleet-to-lead-autonomous-vehicle-trials
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GARDAÍ IN WEST Dublin are urging drivers to report suspicious activity following a number of robberies from taxi drivers and delivery drivers over the Christmas period.
TheJournal.ie understands that there have been three such incidents in the week in the Tyrellstown and Clonee areas of west Dublin – however just two have been reported to gardaí.
Most of these incidents have occurred when the taxi has been hailed using a phone app. Gardaí believe that the gang picks its target by constantly hailing cab, thereby allowing them to get an older driver.
A driver’s photograph is typically displayed on the phone app when they are en route to pick up the fare.
Taxi drivers have been targeted a number of times in the last two years in this area. One of the drivers was using a dashcam and was able to upload the footage of the robbery and send it to gardaí.
The footage shows three young men in the car. The last frame of the incident shows the alleged thief in the front seat removing the camera. What the man did not know was that the footage was already uploaded to a cloud server and the driver was able to retrieve it.
During this incident, the thieves made off with the dashcam itself and the driver’s phone as well as his cash takings for the night.
https://www.thejournal.ie/west-dublin-taxi-robbery-4420178-Jan2019/
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Taxi drivers in Madrid will go on strike this month to insist on more regulations for ride-sharing car services such as Uber, ABC reports, citing union leaders.
Driver will stop working on Jan. 21, two days before Madrid hosts an international tourism fair. Some unions are still deciding whether to join the strike and will hold votes Tuesday and Wednesday, ABC reports.
In July, taxi drivers in Barcelona and Madrid blockaded highways in an attempt to block the award of new licences to companies such as Uber Technologies Inc. and Maxi Mobility Spain SL’s Cabify.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-13/madrid-taxi-drivers-to-strike-in-bid-for-tighter-uber-rules-abc
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https://insideevs.com/london-taxi-based-electric-van-delayed/
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