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In response to the hyperbole about black cabs “disappearing”, I don’t have a crystal ball, but I would say the pandemic has hit the likes of Uber drivers much harder than it’s hit black cabbies, and the Uber/minicab types are more likely to have pivoted to other work and less likely to come back.
The CR2 article is spot on … [Snip! LBM]
It’s all very worrying – see also the current issue of “Modern Railways” on this subject.
Formulaic is the word I would use about an article illustrating the decline in London licensed taxis with a field of disused “black cabs”, several of which are not black. And in the article, London’s buses are described by a taxi chap as not red any more – what have I missed?