Emva kwedabi elide elisemthethweni nabalawuli basekhaya, u-Uber uphumelele ilungelo lokuqhubeka nokusebenza eLondon - enye yeemarike ezinkulu zenkampani yokwabelana ngokukhwela. Ukuphumelela kweza ngoMvulo, Septemba 28, xa iNkundla kaMantyi yaseWestminster yathatha u-Uber njengomntu osebenzayo nofanelekileyo, ngaphandle kwembali.
Ngoku ka Amanqaku Guy , Imicimbi yezomthetho ka-Uber kwikomkhulu lesiNgesi yaqala kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo emva kokuba iThutho eLondon (TfL) laqala ukwala isicelo sayo selayisensi. Kunyaka ophelileyo, inkxalabo yezokhuseleko iphinde yavela phakathi kwemicimbi yezokhuseleko kunye neapp, kwaye abalawuli kwikomkhulu bayala kwakhona ukuvuselelwa kwelayisensi ka-Uber.
Oku kukhanyelwa kwamaphepha-mvume e-Uber kwenzeka ngo-Novemba ngo-2019 ngenxa yenkxalabo yabalawuli nabaqhubi abangagunyaziswanga abasebenzisa iapps ukukhetha abathengi. INkundla kaMantyi yaseWestminster yeva umba wokhuseleko wavumela abaqhubi abangama-24 ukuba babelane ngeakhawunti zabo nabanye abangama-20, nto leyo ikhokelele ekukhweleni i-14,788.
Ifowuni ibanjiwe ibonisa ilogo ka-Uber kwi-app yayo phambi kwesitishi seeteksi kwisikhululo saseWaterloo ngoSeptemba 28, 2020 eLondon, eNgilane. Ityala: UChris J Ratcliffe / Getty Izithombe
U-Uber ubanga ukuba uyilungisile ingxaki, kodwa i-TfL isalile isicelo sayo sokuvuselela iphepha-mvume ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba ayikho eminye imiba yesoftware. U-Uber ubhenele kwisigqibo, kwaye uvunyelwe ukuqhubeka nokusebenza ngelixa elinde isigqibo sokugqibela sejaji. Ngelo xesha, inkampani yandisa ukufikelela kwayo eLondon ngokusungulwa kwe-Uber Boat ngo-Agasti, isebenzisa amaphenyane iThames Clippers ukuhambisa abakhweli kuMlambo iThames.
Ekugqibeleni, iNkundla kaMantyi yaseWestminster yagweba kwinkampani yeapp. U-Uber akanalo irekhodi eligqibeleleyo kodwa ibingumfanekiso ophuculayo, utshilo umgwebi. Uvavanyo lokuba [u-Uber] 'ulungile kwaye ulungile' aludingi kugqibelela. Ndiyaneliseka kukuba benza into abanokuyilindela ukuba bayenze kwishishini labo, mhlawumbi nangaphezulu.
Iphepha-mvume elitsha lisemthethweni kangangeenyanga ezili-18. Njengenxalenye yesivumelwano, u-Uber kufuneka aqhubeke nokulandela imigaqo ye-TfL kwaye avumele abalawuli ukuba babeke esweni ukuthotyelwa kwenkampani kwezi zikhokelo.
Umbutho wabaqhubi beeteksi onelayisensi, ekudala ugxeka imisebenzi ka-Uber eLondon, akavumelani nesisigqibo. I-Uber ibonakalise amaxesha ngamaxesha ukuba ayinakuthenjwa ukubeka ukhuseleko lwabantu baseLondon, abaqhubi bayo kunye nabanye abasebenzisi bendlela ngaphezulu kwenzuzo, umbutho utshilo kwingxelo. Ngelishwa, kubonakala ngathi i-Uber inkulu kakhulu ukuba ilawulwe ngokufanelekileyo kodwa inkulu kakhulu ukuba isilele.
U-Uber okwangoku unabakhweli abazizigidi ezi-3.5 kunye nabaqhubi abaneelayisensi ezingama-45,000 eLondon, ngokukaJamie Heywood, umphathi jikelele wengingqi.