Glasgow taxi bosses have slammed the sight of people still queueing for a taxi outside the OVO Hydro hours after an event had finished last night.
The first night of the Country to Country; Europe's biggest country music festival, saw thousands descend on the riverside venue last night to take in performances by artists such as Luke Combs and Ashley Mcbryde.
However, concertgoers were still to be found waiting for a taxi outside the Hydro at 1am this morning - two hours after the gig finished at 11pm.
Glasgow Cab Section, who provide a collective voice for the entire Glasgow Hackney trade, posted a photo on Twitter of the queue for taxis, on what they deemed a "relatively quiet night" in the city.
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It comes amid concerns that 1,000 hackney cabs could disappear from the streets when Phase 2 of Glasgow's Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) comes into force in June of 2023.
Around 1,000 Hackney cabs - out of a fleet of 1,420 - are currently non-compliant with the emission standards that all petrol and diesel vehicles entering the city centre LEZ will need to meet next year.
Steven Grant, Secretary of Unite Glasgow Cab section, believes the LEZ requirements to be "probably the biggest crisis we've ever faced", and said that the expectation on Hackney drivers to renew their cabs to meet the deadline of June of 2023 is "impossible".
