In 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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Councillor Mike Colle's urgent motion to require Vehicle for Hire companies to provide driver contact information to customers and police has been added to Toronto Council's meeting agenda. Image: YouTube
Missing child case, Colle’s motion result in Council debate Nine years after Toronto re-wrote its ground transportation by-laws to virtually eliminate passenger safety and consumer protection, Councillor Mike Colle has moved an urgent motion to make all Vehicle for Hire
Read MoreMaybe Uber didn’t call the driver because Uber didn’t know the driver A Toronto Uber driver inadvertently pulled away with a sleeping child on the rear bench of his van. Uber Corporate would not give the frantic mom or the
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Julia Viscomi was shocked to realize her Uber driver had pulled away with her sleeping daughter in the vehicle. Uber refused to contact the driver when Viscomi begged for help, citing corporate privacy policies. Image: CBC
Mom regrets not using Taxi Julie Viscomi, the Toronto mother whose daughter was still in an Uber when it pulled away from her home last winter, told Taxi News she sincerely regretted not using a licensed Taxi. “I believe that
Read More“The meaning of Easter? Life kicks you in the ass, and you get back up. That’s the meaning of Easter.”
—Nick Sofraniou, Greek shipper
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It's funny on a give-away mug; not so funny when Taxi operators are forced to invest $70,000 in a vehicle they didn't actually need to buy. Image: Taxi News
Toronto should delay 2030 EV deadline until it has a plan for charging stations City of Toronto spends $92 million on ferries, forgets to buy charging infrastructure pic.twitter.com/egY4gqI5vW — 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) April 3, 2025 Update April 17: Taxi News received
Read MoreA petition created by Truckers for Safer Highways is calling for Ontario to end the practice of contracting Truck driver examinations to a third-party supplier. The petition is nearing its goal of 900 names, with 791 signatures on April 14th.
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Canadians are publicly questioning the veracity of polls taken during the 2025 federal election. Image: CBC
Sympathetic pollsters likely over-sampling key demographics By Dan McTeague Cards on the table, I’m skeptical of the current state of the polling in this election. My sense is that Mark Carney and the Liberals’ numbers are, at least in part,
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