Uber's license battle with London's transport regulator could take years

Uber’s appeal process against a decision by London’s transport regulator to **strip the taxi app** of its operating licence in the British capital could take years, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said on 16 November. [caption id=“attachment_4209621” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The Uber app logo is seen on a mobile telephone. Reuters[/caption] Transport for London shocked Uber in September by deeming it unfit to run a taxi service and refusing to renew its licence, a decision the Silicon Valley firm is appealing.“My understanding is that it could go on for a number of years,” Khan said at a monthly question session when asked about how long the appeals process could last.