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Central Taxi drivers Mohammed Dahir and Mohammad Omar provide services to Niagara's Taxi medical program, which has provided a boon to drivers and enormous savings to the Region. Photo: Central Taxi

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Niagara Region’s Taxi medical service saving $1,000 per trip over Ambulance use: EMS report

October 5, 2023October 15, 2023 Rita Smith

Sending select passengers to hospital by Taxi rather than by ambulance is saving Niagara Region approximately $1000 per trip, Public Health Committee members heard at their July meeting. The Region is on track to save $200,000 in transportation expenses on an investment of only $10,000, a return on investment of 1900 per cent.

In the five months since the Taxi medical pilot has been operational, the average cost of a Taxi trip has been $15-20. According to Municipal Benchmarking Network Canada, Niagara EMS Operating Cost per Patient Transported by ambulance averaged $1,006 in 2018.

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Ottawa expected to pilot Taxi/EMS program, fall 2023

October 18, 2023October 20, 2023 Rita Smith

Niagara program saving Region $1,000 per trip Ottawa is expected to begin piloting the use of Taxis in its Emergency Medical Services (EMS) this fall. A memo is being submitted to the October 19th Emergency Preparedness and Protective Services Committee

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Niagara’s transition to single transit commission shifts into gear

March 18, 2022March 20, 2022 RWN Staff

Niagara Region has now completed all 12 local area municipal council presentations and secured the required triple-majority support to move forward to create a consolidated transit Commission for the Region.

The transition to a single, consolidated public transit system will now begin with the goal of beginning operations in January 2023.

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Near-death experiences and new underwear: driving with Mother Nature

June 12, 2022June 13, 2022 Guest Contributor

Photo: “You take what you can get” by Mike Murchison by Don Taylor, excerpted from “Stories from the Road” used with permission When thinking about safety in trucking and the logistics of delivering loads across the continent we have to consider the

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Toronto sends “multi-passenger pedalcycles” back to Committee for further study

May 13, 2022May 14, 2022 Rita Smith

Toronto City Council voted to send the concept of “multi-passenger pedalcycles” back to Committee for further study. The pedalcycle item is slated to come back to Council in July, 2022.

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Greyhound Canada Closes its Services in Canada; Canada-US express routes will resume when the border reopens

May 15, 2021May 15, 2021 RWN Staff

Greyhound Canada has made the difficult decision to discontinue all operations on its remaining routes in Ontario and Quebec, and will permanently close all services in Canada effective today.