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>taking over >"There are 34 on the road at the moment" >"There’s no luggage space at all, but ..." Yeah, sure.

• mjlee 9y ago
  To be fair, I've never seen the boot used in a black cab. The passenger compartments are huge and provide enough room for luggage with passengers. I can imagine it might be awkward if you want to get a wheelchair/pushchair in as well, but Transport for London are very aware of accessibility (in new projects at least) so I expect they've taken that into consideration. Besides, they are taking over: https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/cleaner-greener-taxis https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low-emission-zone/cle... > New licensing requirements from 1 January 2018 > From 1 January 2018, taxis presented for licensing for the first time will need to be ZEC. This means having CO2 emissions of no more than 50g/km and a minimum 30 mile zero emission range > A first-time taxi vehicle licence will no longer be granted to a diesel taxi. ZEC taxis with petrol engines will need to meet the latest emissions standard (currently Euro 6)
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• leoedin 9y ago
  I'm not sure the article is even correct. There's always been space for suitcases next to the driver. Passengers never sit next to the driver - all 6 seats are in the rear. This new cab presumably still has that space available. The boot (trunk) of a standard black cab is tiny, and never used for luggage anyway. 3 of the rear seats (the rearward facing ones) fold up and down, so in normal use (when there's less than 6 passengers) there's plenty of space for large suitcases in the passenger compartment. This is how they're used now, and I really doubt this new cab (which has a larger passenger compartment) will have a problem without any boot space.