TOO MANY TAXICABS.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10825, 23 March 1932, Page 4

TOO MANY TAXICABS.

I LONDON’S EIGHT THOUSAND. London, it appears, has too many taxicabs. This opinion is held in certain trade quarters. Rough estimates of the number of taxicabs in London set them at 8000. Some expert opinions have it that 0000 or even 5000 taxi-cabs would be enough for all London’s fares. The possibilities of lirniation are being hotly debated."

j In- 1927 limitation was seriously I discussed, but no decision was reachj ed. During 1930, the number of i taxi-cab licences issued was more by ■ a thousand than in the preceding ! year.

I “Figures for the past year are not | yet available,” a Scotland Yard otj tidal said lately. “But it is oxpect•ed that a further increase will be j shown.” i A prominent authority pointed out: “The taxi-cab trade is one that suf--1 fers more than others during tin | of general economy, and increa -' :u s numbers both of cabs and driven-, | make it continually harder to make j a living out of it. At present any j respectable person who chooses to I present himself, may obtain a licence j to drive a taxi-cab, and nothing short j of an Act of Parliament can change that.”