Stansted Airport Transfer Canterbury Taxis

1. Stansted Airport Transfer | Canterbury Taxis Since 1972, the amount of licensed taxis operating in London as well as in England and Wales outside of London has been growing in line with the trend. However the rate of growth is quite di?erent. Comparing to 1972, the number of licensed taxis has more than quadrupled in England as well as Wales beyond London (increasing between 12,400 and 55,400) in the same time, the number of licensed taxis in London have more than increased by a third (increasing between 10,100 and 20,100). Prior to 2005, the only information available was the amount of licensed taxis and the number of taxi drivers who are licensed in England as well as Wales. Except for London the data for smaller geographical areas is not available. Taxis were the vehicles (see the chart below). In 2018, the amount of vehicles licensed was up by 2.5 percent from the previous year. This was attributed to an 4.4 percentage rise in licensed PPHVs over last year. The number of licensed PHVs across England outside of London have increased by 7.4 percent to 133,000. Overall , there's been a 58.1 percent increase in the number of registered vehicles across England since 2005. Authorities that issue licenses to Canterbury Taxis are able to limit the number of taxis allowed for operation within their jurisdiction. But, they aren't able to enforce such restrictions on the PHV. Between 2018 and 2019 , There is a slight decline in the licensing authorities, with a limitation on the number of taxis that are licensed (86 of 291 licensing authorities, 30 percent in 2019, as against 89, 31% in the year 2018). Of the licensing authorities that have limits on the number of taxis, 10 percent (9 licensing authority) Have changed the limit over the past 5 times in the last ?ve years (of which 44% have increased that limit). 70 percent (60 licenses) Authorities) of those who have the limit have conducted an unmet demand study in the past ?ve years. ● Like last year, in average it was 5.2 licensed taxis and Private hire cars per 1000 people living in England. The number of registered vehicles per 1000 inhabitants generally reduces for ● Rural areas were becoming more commonplace. ● The numbers in England 2019 in England, the total licensed vehicles have been increasing. However, in the North East, ● Canterbury Cabs and London all had reductions. Apart from London and the East Midlands, all regions were a?ected. ● The number of licensed PHVs. It also decreases the number of taxis that are licensed. The requirements for training South East London Taxi has an increased number of o?cials who require training on disability awareness for taxi drivers and drivers of PHVs. The number of authorities that require training in disability awareness on taxi driver's behalf has grown from 41 percent to 44%, while the amount of

2. authorities that need training on disability awareness for PHV drivers have grown from 38% to 41%.. 41 percent 59% of drivers are disabled Taxi drivers Policies for wheelchairs 66% of governments require all or a part all or a portion of taxis to be wheelchair-friendly. This is a rise of From up to 65 up to 65. The reality is that less than 5% of governments need all or a part of the PHV's ?eet to be wheelchair accessible. Security checks All authorities require an identity check for drivers of taxis and PHVs. A majority of authorities needed the enhancement of DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) and Checks on the barred list to taxi drivers (90 percent, 261 out of 291) for PHV drivers (89 percent, 262 out of 293). The remaining authorities needed an increased DBS screening. The percentages of authorities that require authorities to require DBS as well as barred lists checks have increased from 79 percent (for both taxi drivers and Drivers of the PHV) for 2017. There has been a slight change in the age range of drivers over the last 10 years, with a somewhat lower proportion of drivers who are younger and more of a somewhat higher percentage of drivers over the age of 40. The two largest driving groups that were ethnically diverse comprised White in 2018/19, as was Asian (or Asian British in 2018/19, comprising 42 percent and 40 percent of drivers, respectively.