77 per cent of Toronto's Accessible Taxi fleet will need to be replaced by March 2026 simply to maintain current levels of service. Image: Taxi News Data: City of Toronto https://www.toronto.ca/data/mls/ssc/V00.html
Beck Taxi will have 3 WAVs after March 31 'No Ride Home: The End of Accessible Taxis' https://t.co/PnyQuORjYT People will be confined to their homes as of March 31st in a city that left them behind. This isn't hyperbole. Even
Read MoreThe verdict is expected to influence the outcome of thousands of other cases Simmons Hanly Conroy A federal jury in Arizona last week returned an $8.5 million verdict against Uber Technologies, Inc., in a sexual assault case brought by a
Read MoreCosts of gridlock, policing, accessible services downloaded to taxpayers Ontario taxpayers provide an estimated $3 billion in hidden subsidies to U.S. ride hail corporations like Uber and Lyft, a recent Budget submission details. “All of the costs of gridlock, policing,
Read MoreMark Carney replaces EV mandate with emissions standard and EV subsidies On February 5th, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his government’s plan to replace the Electric Vehicle (EV) sales mandate, which held that all new vehicles sold in Canada must
Read MoreCTA Review, Budget submissions highlight improvements required The Canadian Taxi Association wrote the Ontario government two substantial letters in January in advance of the ground transportation review framework review scheduled for 2026. Taxi News has posted both communications pieces in
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You can't score a goal unless you are shooting at something specific, like a job or net...or a life. Image: Taxi News
Choosing less doesn’t protect us; it quietly denies who we could become by Paul Kearley I was sitting with a group of eight young adults at a small business college, talking about what it would take for them to get
Read MoreRead Part 1: CRA pits bureaucrats against businesses Read Intro: Applying Taxi common sense to tax credit program In my last post, I described a systemic problem with the administration of the Scientific Research and Econonic Development (SR&ED). program. TEBA
Read MoreStaff recommendations “a move in the right direction,” Way writes The Canadian Taxi Association has written the Mayor and Council of Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) to express support for a “practical, modern oversight for taxis, limousines, and US-headquartered app-dispatched vehicle-for-hire
Read More“They are motivated to sign up anyone with a car and a pulse“ Halifax voted to comply with Uber’s request that it continue to monitor its own drivers at a the January 27th Council meeting. Halifax Regional Municipality staff had
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While Taxi drivers are required to file their background checks with Oakville, ride hail drivers are not. Image: Oakville
“Oakville licenses the company (Uber, Lyft) and not the individual drivers” Ride hail drivers including Uber and Lyft are not being required to file a police background check under Oakville’s new business licensing system. Taxi drivers will continue to file
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