Brussels, 14/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - Yet another battle has been lost for private hire vehicles (PHVs): member states may ban them from using bus lanes which allow taxis to do so.
The Court of Justice of the EU ruled (case C518/13) on Wednesday 14 January that allowing London taxis to use bus lanes while prohibiting private hire vehicles from doing so does not appear to involve state aid. In coming to their decision, the European judges took into account the facts that: - the situations...