Toronto Police shared information on 11 suspects in the Project Fare investigation. Image: TPS/YouTube
Police bust suspects masquerading as legitimate Taxi operators “Legitimate taxi drivers will never refuse cash.” Detective David Coffey Toronto police have busted an organized gang now charged with criminal acts in the hundreds of so-called “Taxi scams” which took place
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Councillor Mike Colle's April 23 motion to require Vehicle for Hire firms to improve emergency contact systems will be the topic of upcoming industry consultations. Image: YouTube
Experience: recognizing a mistake the second time you make it When John Tory re-wrote Toronto’s Taxi by-law to give Uber special privileges in 2016, professionals who care and worry about passenger safety were aghast. In one fell swoop, virtually all
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People Magazine ran a fulsome interview with Julia Viscomi, whose daughter went missing in an Uber vehicle last winter. Uber refused to provide the driver's contact information to Toronto Police. Image: Facebook
Motion to consult with VFH industry passed April 23 As of June 17, industry consultation around Vehicle for Hire emergency contact information systems have not been scheduled by Toronto staff. Licensing and Standards staff were directed to conduct the consultations
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VFH drivers already trying to live on half of the minimum wage will have interesting views on Hopp's arrival in Toronto, to be sure. Image: Hopp
Because 85,000 VFH are not enough to completely annihilate the Wheelchair Accessible program? Toronto media is beyond ironic this week. First, the CBC covered the fact that 98 of Beck Taxi’s 100 wheelchair accessible vehicles will be off the road
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Retired Taxi driver Andy Reti and his wife Judy spend several days each year visiting Ontario schools to ensure young people remember the Holocaust. On May 9th, he finished a week of visits to schools in the Ottawa-Carleton School Board by speaking to students in Athens, Ontario. Photo: Taxi News
“Are you an Upstander, or a Bystander?” A classroom full of teenagers were intrigued by this question when it was put to them bluntly by guest speaker and Holocaust survivor Andy Reti. An Upstander, he explained, is a person who
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A well-designed and perfectly installed culvert is a thing of beauty. You appreciate this most on a road where one is missing.Photo: Road Warrior News
“When you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.” — Dale Carnegie In Ontario during springtime, the lowly culvert becomes a hugely significant piece of infrastructure. Dry ditches can become raging creeks with mini-waterfalls in March and April; our system
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When an Uber driver pulled away with a five year old girl last winter, Uber refused to provide Toronto Police with the driver's cell phone number, and had to dispatch 68 patrol cars to locate the missing vehicle. Photo: TPS
Way: “The time to revisit and re-evaluate safety is now – we welcome this discussion” The Vehicle for Hire (VFH) industry consultations regarding emergency contact information have not yet been scheduled, Taxi News has been informed by City staff in
Read MoreIn 2024, UBER paid $24,693,579.24 for per-trip fees, Taxi News has learned in an email from the City on May 2nd. The funds represent the 34 cents per trip Uber pays to Toronto, as noted in section 441 of the
Read MoreNDP candidate in Scarborough-Woburn hopes to get things changed A Liberal friend and I once had nostalgic discussion. It was about by-gone days, when government seemed to get useful things done with a minimum of the drama, acrimony and sheer
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