Uber granted 15-month probationary license to operate in London
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Uber has won an 15-month probationary license to operate in London after convincing a judge and regulators that the ride-sharing service had shaken off its gung-ho attitude of the past.
Judge Emma Arbuthnot criticized the company while granting the license Tuesday. The 15-month reprieve is far less than the five-year private hire permit the company had previously and shy of the 18-month approval it originally sought at the hearing. In September, Transport for London said Uber wasn’t “fit and proper” because of safety and governance concerns.
The ruling came after one-and-a-half days of arguments in which lawyers for Uber insisted the company had replaced executives in an overhaul of its culture, improved passenger safety policies, and reset its testy relationship with the regulator. For TfL’s part, it effectively disengaged from the dispute and said that the main concerns had been addressed.
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