Taxi operator Behrouz Khamseh has been working with Toronto to develop a plan for smooth ground transportation during FIFA 2026. Photo: Taxi News
“I don’t know,” says Behrouz Khamseh. “I am not sure these staff people know what they are talking about…the numbers they are giving, I don’t think they can make this work.” Khamseh has attended and spoken at several meetings at
Read MoreWhy would the smartest people pick the most gridlocked city to test? I would like to thank everyone who has recently messaged me about Waymo in Toronto. I love to be in touch with readers and am only sorry recent
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What if a dignitary representing the Federation Internationale de Powerchair Football Association needs a WAV during the World Cup? Image: FIPFA
What if a FIFA tourist needs a WAV? This week I spoke with a Government Relations professional who dismissed my questions about Ontario’s current plan to take over regulation of Uber, Lyft and other app-based firms province-wide. “Doug Ford has
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Brian Pattison of Northern Academy Transportation Training says they debated which photo to use for this truck wrap, and purposefully selected this picture to highlight the point that persons ensnared by human traffickers are often younger than people realize. Photo: Know Human Trafficking
MTO’s recent Northlander Rideshare Pilot Engagment failed egregiously in not including Indigenous community groups in its March consultations, says Shelley Walker of Know Human Trafficking. “The Northlander route goes directly through Indigenous lands,” Walker told Taxi News. “How can Ontario
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Bill Sibeon of Al's Taxi is part of a family-owned business which has been transporting Huntsville and area residents for almost 50 years. "We are available 24/7, and we have not been closed for one day in 50 years. Not even during COVID - we drove everybody where they needed to go during COVID: nurses, doctors, people with medical appointments." Sibeon is astonished that the Ford government is allowing American corporations like Uber and Lyft to begin selling rides in the community while not requiring them to comply with local Taxi by-laws. Photo: Als Taxi
Northlander pilot to allow Uber, Lyft targets local family owned businesses “Doug Ford is taking something solid and making it precarious,” says Bill Sibeon of Al’s Taxi in Huntsville. “My family has been serving this community for 50 years and
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Proposed new bus or shuttle routes as part of Innisfil's 10 Year Master Transit Plan. The Town's Uber experiment resulted in "Dis-economies of Scale" which staff hope to fix in the future. Image: Innisfil
It’s back to fixed routes (like busses) and set rates (like Taxis) Innisfil’s “Diseconomy of Scale” “With increased ridership, a rideshare-based system using relatively low-capacity vehicles, as Innisfil Transit does, runs into a situation resembling a diseconomy of scale, as
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Beck Taxi's Kristine Hubbard has spoken exhaustively on the need to revamp Toronto's Accessible on Demand program, which must include capping the number of Vehicles for Hire on city streets. Image: Toronto
Ottawa is making it work; why can’t Toronto? Despite years of warnings and its own cold, hard statistics staring it in the face, the City of Toronto will see its Accessible Taxi on Demand program collapse on March 31st. The
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Mayoralty candidate Olivia Chow met with drivers from Taxi and Uber during her campaign. Image: LDAO
1) Toronto would have to admit it made a mistake in allowing open-entry and unregulated fares for 80,000 plus Uber, Lyft and other app-based Vehicles for Hire. It’s understandable that John Tory was never going to disavow his beloved policy
Read MoreOntario “rideshare” regs moving like lightening Ontario’s unseemly rush to regulate so-called “rideshare” around the return of the Northlander train is transparently disingenuous and potentially irresponsible. Everyone knows by now that no one is sharing anything; the more frightening part
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