With Uber’s future in doubt, how else might Londoners zip around town?

As the biggest ride-hailing app faces trouble over fake IDs, we test out its three main rivals, and find few can match taking the bus or tube

For London, Uber is not yet over. But last week's decision by the capital's transport authority to reject the global ride-hailing firm's application to renew its licence has put its long-term prospects in doubt.

Two years ago, Uber promised to work with Transport for London (TfL) to become a better service provider, and can list many positive steps taken. Yet TfL still had doubts about its security processes - doubts confirmed by revelations that 14,000 journeys were undertaken by drivers who had faked their ID on the app. Now, to the delight of the vocal black-cab lobby, London has once more told Uber that is not fit to hold a private hire licence.

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