{"id":25484,"date":"2026-10-16T13:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/we-should-all-be-worried-calls-grow-to-limit-london-rollout-of-robotaxis\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T13:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:37:32","slug":"we-should-all-be-worried-calls-grow-to-limit-london-rollout-of-robotaxis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/we-should-all-be-worried-calls-grow-to-limit-london-rollout-of-robotaxis\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We should all be worried\u2019: calls grow to limit London rollout of robotaxis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Protest planned at Wayve HQ as Uber drivers fear for their future and city\u2019s politicians demand TfL should have power over licences<\/p>\n<p>For passengers in Britain who want to try the latest ride, robotaxis are eagerly awaited: more than 100,000 are on Uber\u2019s waitlist in London after the first UK services started in September.<\/p>\n<p>Others view them with trepidation. \u201cI think we should all be worried,\u201d said Florentina Ghiuzan, an Uber driver from Essex. \u201cI was shocked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/aug\/05\/self-driving-taxis-approved-london-summer-2026-wayve-uber\">TfL approved it so soon<\/a>. I knew change would come. But I thought it would come with a solution for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/oct\/16\/london-driverless-robotaxis-uber-drivers-wayve-tfl-licences\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/f6c7f7fa456c9d2d24c7290211be395c992289b7\/0_0_4583_3667\/master\/4583.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5ad4718969e0b4b4d4129966f37d967b\" title=\"\u2018We should all be worried\u2019: calls grow to limit London rollout of robotaxis\" \/>Protest planned at Wayve HQ as Uber drivers fear for their future and city\u2019s politicians demand TfL should have power over licences<br \/>\nFor passengers in Britain who want to try the latest ride, robotaxis are eagerly awaited: more than 100,000 are on Uber\u2019s waitlist in London after the first UK services started in September.<br \/>\nOthers view them with trepidation. \u201cI think we should all be worried,\u201d said Florentina Ghiuzan, an Uber driver from Essex. \u201cI was shocked TfL approved it so soon. I knew change would come. But I thought it would come with a solution for us.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protest planned at Wayve HQ as Uber drivers fear for their future and city\u2019s politicians demand TfL should have power over licences For passengers in Britain who want to try the latest ride, robotaxis are eagerly awaited: more than 100,000 are on Uber\u2019s waitlist in London after the first UK services started in September. Others &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/16\/we-should-all-be-worried-calls-grow-to-limit-london-rollout-of-robotaxis\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018We should all be worried\u2019: calls grow to limit London rollout of robotaxis<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25484"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}