Marble Arch Taxi Demonstration

Further protests took place on tuesday at 3 30pm in marble arch and on wednesday drivers from the independent taxi alliance ita and the dads defending daughters group drove their cabs to parliament square west minster at around 1pm.

Marble arch taxi demonstration.

London taxi drivers have descended on aldwych for the fifth and final protest this week against tfl and uber. Pedestrians and cyclists are now able to get around the busy marble arch gyratory quicker and more easily. That order will continue until 21 10 on friday. Many taxi drivers were off work for months tfl urge the organisers to call the protests off.

At the start of the protest there were severe delays and congestion in the roads surrounding parliament square. The roadblocks are planned to continue around the. At 11am on monday protesters set up camps and roadblocks at marble arch oxford circus waterloo bridge parliament square and piccadilly circus. Organised by the independent taxi alliance ita a few hundred taxis lined the roads around aldwych closing off kingsway and sections of fleet street from 3 30 to 5 30pm.

Although taxi drivers. London taxi drivers descended on elephant and castle as part of a series of protests this week against tfl and uber. But organisers are adamant while tfl put profit before public safety the protests will continue earlier protests this week took place on monday in elephant castle tuesday in marble arch wednesday in parliament square and thursday in london bridge. Further protests will take place on tuesday at 3 30pm in marble arch on wednesday at 12pm in parliament square on thursday at 3 30pm in london bridge with a final protest on friday which is to be announced.

Previous days action included similar roadblocks at elephant castle marble arch parliament square and london bridge. Marble arch sits on the corner of hyde park where the 420 event is taking place this afternoon and it is thought that many of the protesters may have seeped into the park as officers closed off. Further protests will take place on tuesday at 3 30pm in marble arch on. Campaigners have been ordered to restrict their protests to marble arch after they caused widespread disruption on monday.