London bus route ideas

[Mike99]

How about ANPR (extra cameras on the system already in place for the congestion charge) enforced by immediate loss of cab license unless there is a very good excuse.

Would a good excuse be that the passenger in the cab required to go to the destination in Oxford Street or similar. What if the taxi had a disabled passenger in the cab with a wheelchair? the camera would pick up that the cab had entered the restrictred area but how would the cabbie prove the passenger was disabled?

 

[PermitToTravel]

The point is that they can only use the section of the road that they need to pick up or set down on; they cannot use it as a through route. If they only travel down one such section then there is no problem.

 

[edwin_m]

Taxis could be banned on very short sections between adjacent side streets, or could be allowed in one direction on longer sections. In combination these would make it impossible for a taxi to use Oxford Street as a through route other than for very short distances, but still allow one to get very close to any particular place on the street.