Uber Wins Appeal & Recovers its London License

Interesting to see how they do in 15 months, and then possibly get a longer deal to operate in London should they meet all the changes/requirements they needed to make.

I would not say that Uber "Won". They had to agree to correct all the items that were the basis for the original license suspension.

The New York Times actually said it. It is a big win because they now have 15 months to make whatever adjustments are necessary and people can have access to have a much cheaper alternative to black taxis. That is better than NOTHING. As I mentioned above, I hope Lyft expands into major European regions/cities because they are better than Uber.

"people can have access to have a much cheaper alternative to black taxis."

They already had an alternative, minicabs (or to use an older term, private hire).

When I took Uber before the rigamarole with the courts began, their fares were the cheapest around including comparing them with car services like Just Airports and minicabs. But that was a few years ago.

The interesting thing to me was that when Uber initiated the court action it seemed out of belligerency. At the hearing though it was contrite. What a different a few months make … and a change in management.

Uber though is rather less different in the UK market than elsewhere, as in essence it operates as a personal hire vehicle intermediary with an app interface.