Proposals to further delay the introduction of low emission taxis and PHVs on Oxford's roads by an extra year have been rejected.
According to BBC News, Oxford City Council agreed to delay the plan until the start of 2026 at a meeting in February.
But the City of Oxford Licenced Taxicab Association (COLTA) wanted the policy to come into effect in January 2027.
The new policy will require taxis and other private hire vehicles in Oxford to meet an ultra-low emission standard.
COLTA secretary Sajad Khan (pictured) said: "As a trade, we don't think the one year compromise was a balanced judgment of the facts available to all of us."
He highlighted the impact of Covid on the city's taxi drivers, saying they had "lost four productive years".
Mr Khan added that since the pandemic, the trade had "suffered due to the unimaginable rise in living costs due to the financial crisis and very high interest rates".
The taxi association also argued that the introduction of LTNs and closure of Botley Road "created a huge disruption" and caused many drivers' earnings to "drastically" reduce.
Last month, at a general purpose licensing committee meeting, councillors agreed to delay the planned introduction in January 2025 by a year.
Louise Upton, who is the cabinet member for planning and healthier communities, said that the council had to balance "the very real needs of the taxi trade against the health needs of our residents", and that the original extension of one year was a "compromised solution" that "seemed about right".
A council spokesperson added that roughly a third of licensed hackney carriages in the city had already moved to electric vehicles.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51w95rd2jgo#
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