Black cab drivers welcome decision to continue access to Bank junction

Black cabs will continue to use Bank Junction after a trial gave cabbies exclusive access to the busy intersection. Taxi drivers were previously not allowed to use the area, which used to be the most dangerous junction in the Square Mile. Only pedestrians, buses and cyclists were allowed into the junction between 7am and 7pm Monday to Friday.But this was overturned when a trial period granting access for cab drivers was introduced. In June 2024, City of London Corporation members voted to lift existing restrictions and give licensed taxis daytime to the junction, so they can drive east-west between Poultry and Cornhill. Bank JunctionLDRSA trial period where traffic restrictions were lifted for cabbies was introduced in July 2025. Now, officers have recommended the trial becomes permanent. Cycling campaigners were not happy with the update. Simon Munk from the London Cycling Campaign said the more vehicles passing through the junction “the worse conditions will be in terms of road safety”.Of the almost 4,000 respondents to the public consultation 88 per cent backed the east-west access for black cabs, 80 per cent of whom were either taxi drivers or passengers. 72 per cent of cyclists opposed the change. Paul Brennan, chairman of the London Taxi Drivers’ Association, said: “We would have preferred to see unrestricted taxi access restored much sooner, but we recognise the Corporation’s decision to test the arrangements and examine the evidence. “We now hope the committee will follow its officers’ recommendation and make the current arrangements permanent.“This is another example of what we have said repeatedly. Licensed taxis are part of London’s public transport network, and decisions about their access should be based on evidence rather than treating them in the same way as private cars.”During the period from January 1 2022 to December 31 2024 the average was 5.67 casualties a year. From August 1 2025 until March 31, the average indicates nine casualties annually.But a report highlighted that a in 2023 there was only one collision, an anomaly in the data which brought down the three-year average.Read MoreIt is also noted that no recorded collision involved a taxi, and only two were on the east-west corridor.