Taxi Leaks Asks Mayor : "Will You Be Stopping Toxic Air From The Tube On Clean Air Day And Will You Be Paying Compensation To Cabbies You Stop From Working ?"

Mayor of London has announced a ‘Car Free Day’ to be held in 18 central London boroughs, under the banner of a Clean air day set for 22nd September.

Just a quick question to Sadiq Khan in light of his clean air day in London!

Will you also be shutting down London Tube lines and the Tube exhaust exit fans on 'Clean Air Day' as we now know from the expert report published in the Evening Standard, that the Tube is the single biggest source of toxic fumes in central London?

The Mayor and TfL have never announced plans to tackle the toxic fumes on the underground system, which are poisoning the lungs of a broad spectrum of Tube users, ranging from small babies to pensioners.

EXCLUSIVE NEWS JUST IN :

News just in that London taxi PR member Andy Scott has contacted the mayor's office with concerns over Taxi drivers being stopped from working in central London on car free day in September. 

The Mayor's office have now responded to Andy and have put him in contact with TfL's steering committee representatives.

Taxi leaks would also like to know if the Mayor or TfL... will be paying compensation to Cabbies for loss of earning for 22 September ?

Great work again from London Taxi PR. 

At Wednesday's protest in Parliament Square, Lee and Andy spent most of the afternoon speaking with MPs and Disability Lobby groups, who now understand fully why drivers are peacefully protesting outside in the square and bringing most of the City of Westminster to a complete gridlock.

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LATE NEWS EXTRA FROM LTPR:

Just to update you all further. A response has been received this afternoon from TfL's Taxi & Private hire relationship manager, in response to the Car Free day concerns we raised. 

It's totally unsatisfactory and woolly in its content.

There's an admission that, 'The Equality Impact Assessment is still in development whilst the traffic management plan is being worked up'.

We question this and have made the relevant disability transport orgs aware, plus spokespeople who also raised concerns. 

We will keep seeking answers.