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Review of Hackney Carriage Fares

 

 

07/08/2014 - Hackney Carriage Table of Fares

The Committee received a report from the Licensing and Enforcement Manager regarding the Hackney Carriage table of fares.

 

The Committee received a representation from Mr Wratten.

 

The representation covered the following issues:

 

       i.          Highlighted confusion regarding the implementation of the fare increase.

     ii.          The taxi trade had expected any increase to be on the actual tariff and not ‘on the drop’. An increase on the tariff would not affect the smaller jobs whereas an increase ‘on the drop’ would. 

   iii.          A starting tariff of £2.85 would cause issues for taxi drivers.

 

The Licensing and Enforcement Manager responded that Cambridge City Licenses Taxi (CCLT) had not specified that the increase be done in a certain way.

 

In order to meet the requirements of the trade the table of fares could read (as at Appendix A of the officer’s report but with amendments underlined):

 

         Cambridge City Hackney Carriage

 Maximum rate of charges from 24th March 2014

Local Government Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1976

 

Fares are calculated on a combination of distance or time or parts thereof. The meter must only be switched on when passengers are safely in the vehicle and the trip is about to commence. Please be aware that all journeys taken in Hackney Carriages within the Cambridge city boundaries must be charged on the meter; this is the maximum legal fare.

 

Tariff 1: Between 07:00 – 19:00 hours             

£2.80

 

 

Tariff 2: Between 19:00 – 07:00

£3.80

             and Sundays and Bank Holidays

 

 

 

Tariff 3: 19:00 Christmas Eve – 07:00 Boxing Day

 

             19:00 New Years Eve – 07:00 New Years Day

£4.80

 

 

Each tariff includes initial distance of 90 metres or part thereof

 

 

For each subsequent 181 metres or part thereof                                             

   20p

 

HIRING CHARGES – WAITING TIME AS INDICATED BELOW – will be charged when the vehicle is motionless or when it is travelling below the changeover speed of 16.79 km/p/h

For each period or part thereof 40 seconds

   20p

EXTRA CHARGES

1. For each journey with 5 or more passengers                                                         £3

2. Fuel Surcharge (only applicable if the national retail price of diesel, as measured

    by the Arval index, has exceeded 179.9p per litre since 15 August 2012)                £0.40                                                                                   

    **There will be a separate notice in this vehicle if this extra charge is payable.

3. Vehicle unfit to continue working                                                                               £80

4. Surcharge for payment by credit or debit card                                                          5%                  

Exclusions: the Taxicard scheme

Any fare calculated in accordance with the Table of Fares may be subject to any concession scheme approved by the council provided the driver of this vehicle is a participant in such a scheme and the passenger has provided any necessary proof of entitlement to the benefit of such a scheme to the satisfaction of the driver

Complaints about the vehicle or driver should be made to:

CITY SIGNJas Lally, Head of Refuse and Environment

CITY SIGNPO Box 700

Cambridge, CB1 0JH

01223 457888

 

The committee supported this proposal.

 

The Committee:

 

Resolved (unanimously) to:

 

       i.          Vary the existing Table of Fares, with effect from 15 September 2014, subject to the statutory consultation process, as shown above.

 

 

 

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