London Cab Drivers Club London Cab Drivers Club London Cab Drivers Club, known as LCDC, is a British mutual society, formed in 1989, registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act. The group, aims to promote the rights of taxi drivers, lobby against "unfair legislation" and provides legal advice and protection to its members. Although members pay a membership fee, the LCDC does not operate with a view to profit. The London Cab Drivers Club was founded in 1989, as the MetroCab Club, to represent the interests of the pioneer MetroCab owners. However, in later years, the LCDC expanded to include owners of TXII's,
Yellow cab Church and Partridge's taxis. The Yellow Taxicab Co. was incorporated in New York on April 4, 1912. Its fares that year started at 50¢/mile (roughly equivalent to $12.12 in 2016 adjusted for inflation). Among its directors and major stockholders were Albert Rockwell and the Connecticut Cab Co. Shortly after incorporation the Yellow Taxicab Co. merged with the Cab and Taxi Co., and with the strength of Connecticut Cab Co. behind them, the young business assumed a large share of the New York market. Its independent corporate life was fairly short, however, as fare wars and regulations forced a merger with