New regulations for taxis and ride-hailing in the UK

Written by Matthew Niblett on 13 Feb 2019

Following the UK Government's outline of its approach to regulating the taxi and ride hailing sector, Inline has produced a guide to the most important changes coming down the line for companies operating in the space.

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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 7 Feb 2019

Written by David Abrahams on 07 Feb 2019

This week's top 3 stories: UK review of regulation of micromobility "within weeks", another week/another regulation for ride hailing in Spain, and a crackdown on the gig economy is promised in Geneva. 

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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 31 Jan 2019

Written by David Abrahams on 31 Jan 2019

This week's top 3 stories: Spanish politicians cave in to demands from taxi drivers, Barcelona's Mobility-as-a-Service app goes live, and Rome awaits the arrival of Lime scooters.
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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 24 Jan 2019

Written by David Abrahams on 24 Jan 2019

This week's top 3 stories: the European Parliament opposes insurance for e-bikes, Spanish politicians struggle to find new rules for ride hailing, and Uber chalk up a win in court in Brussels.
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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 17 Jan 2019

Written by David Abrahams on 17 Jan 2019

This week's top 3 stories: Turo boosts UK presence with easyCar Club takeover, Lime suspends scooter service in Swiss cities are reported malfunctions, EU funding for e-bike trials.
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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 10 Jan 2019

Written by David Abrahams on 10 Jan 2019

This week's top 3 stories: UK EV charging rivals get political, strict conditions for scooter companies in Zaragoza, Spain, and Brussels taxi laws continue to be confusing in relation to Uber.
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Competition between EV charging firms gets political

Written by David Abrahams on 03 Jan 2019

Today’s Financial Times reports on the developing conflict between UK electric vehicle charging market leader Ecotricity and its competitors. This points to a significant challenge for the Government’s efforts to establish a reliable national network of charging points that can underpin consumer confidence to switch away from petrol and diesel.

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MPs call for more government support for Mobility-as-a-Service

Written by Matthew Niblett on 21 Dec 2018

Mobility-as-a-Service is a highly talked about technology, but Brexit paralysis in the UK has led to the Government neglecting it. A group of backbench MPs has tried to push the Government into action with a new report highlighting what policies it wants to see.

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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 21 Dec 2018

Written by David Abrahams on 21 Dec 2018

This week's top 3 stories: New ride-hailing laws in the Czech and Slovak Republics, Uber's latest employment status headache, and the EU imposes tariffs on Chinese e-bikes.

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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 13 Dec 2018

Written by David Abrahams on 13 Dec 2018

This week's top 3 stories: Lime's electric bikes hit London, Berlin data protection authorities investigate Mobike, Bird's lobbying probed by newspaper.

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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 6 Dec 2018

Written by David Abrahams on 06 Dec 2018

This week's top 3 stories: electric scooter trials in Germany, mytaxi launches Hive in Lisbon, Taxify runs into trouble in Prague.

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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 29 Nov 2018

Written by David Abrahams on 29 Nov 2018

This week's top 3 stories: France's long-awaited mobility law, Uber fined for data breaches, new funding for EV charging points in Germany.

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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 22 Nov 2018

Written by David Abrahams on 22 Nov 2018

This week's top 3 stories: Autonomous public transport in the UK, shared mobility statistics across the EU and have your say on the EU's mobility framework.

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Law to standardise charging for electric vehicles proposed in Parliament

Written by David Abrahams on 20 Nov 2018

 A new Bill seeks to standardise electric vehicle charging points and introduce a universal pay-as-you-go-system. We take a look at the commercial and political context and the chances of the Bill becoming a law.

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Key lessons from the Sharing Cities Summit

Written by Matthew Niblett on 20 Nov 2018

At a summit in Barcelona, cities from all across the world made it clear that they expect collaborative economy companies to play by their rules, and contribute to their goals.  

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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 15 Nov 2018

Written by David Abrahams on 15 Nov 2018

This week's top 3 stories: Ford and SEAT get in on the scooter action, Paris invites bids for car sharing schemes, Addison Lee loses its appeal.

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Top 3 On-Demand Transport Stories in Europe This Week - 8 Nov 2018

Written by David Abrahams on 08 Nov 2018

This week's top 3 stories: BMW and Daimler get the green light, Bird launches trial in London, new rise hailing rules in Portugal.

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Top 3 On-Demand Mobility Stories in Europe - 1 Nov 2018

Written by David Abrahams on 01 Nov 2018

This week's top 3 stories: Report highlights licensing problems for UK taxi and private hire drivers, VW and Intel working on autonomous ride-hailing in Israel, electric scooters to be legalised in Germany. 

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Top 3 On-Demand Transport Stories in Europe This Week - 25 Oct 2018

Written by David Abrahams on 25 Oct 2018

1. Going green in London

This week has seen a number of green initiatives in London's competitive ride-hailing market. With CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in town and on a charm offensive, Uber made a number of announcements, including that it will be adding £0.15 per mile to the price of every ride in London to create a fund to to help drivers switch to electric vehicles. With an aim of all Ubers in London being fully electric by 2025, the company also announced a number of measures to support the roll out of more charging points in London.

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Addressing the policy concerns around shared electric scooters

Written by Rory Coutts on 26 Sep 2018

Electric scooters are the latest addition to transport options in cities. They are user-friendly, green and increasingly popular with consumers, but in some cities they are causing headaches for policymakers.

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