In addition to viewing the RoboTaxi at Tesla's WeRobot event, media could drink free alcohol at bars staffed by robot bartenders. Image: YouTube
Drivers, fleet managers, safety supervisors, fuel suppliers can all retire now We’ll be able to “turn parking lots into parks” once Tesla’s RoboTaxi gets rolling in 2027, Elon Musk announced October 10th at Warner Studios in Los Angeles. Wow. Parking
Read MoreToronto rideshare driver Earla Phillips is the only Canadian to be recognized as a “Voice for Fairness” at the annual Drivers Union award ceremony in Seattle, Washington. Phillips, an Uber driver and one of the founders of the Rideshare Drivers
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Gig workers, Uber and Lyft drivers protest in front of Uber's Canadian head office on Bloor Street on February 14th. Photo: Earla Philips
Everyone wants security, opportunity, respect I do not know one single happy Uber driver, I realized this weekend. I used to have at least one Uber driver I could count on to be happy: my brother, who lives in Los
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Read More“Damages remain outstanding” The Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa class action court case appeared on the agenda of Ottawa’s Finance and Corporate Services Committee October 1st. The report by Interim City Solicitor Stuart Huxley provides the Committee with a
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Beck Taxi's Operations Manager Kristine Hubbard is in Dallas at The Transportation Alliance's "Mobilize 2024" conference. Judging by the photos she has sent Taxi News, some issues, like insurance, are a challenge no matter where you go. Photo: Kristine Hubbard
Beck Taxi’s Operations Manager Kristine Hubbard in is Dallas, Texas this week for The Transportation Alliance’s Mobilize 2024 Conference. “Our members are looking to stay on top of the latest technology, products, and business models and want to hear directly
Read More“Why don’t they just buy back the 407 and make it free?” Here’s a startling flash of the blindingly obvious. Leave it to a career civil servant – who has probably seen every implausible idea possible floated by elected officials
Read MoreDonna Laframboise’ book will focus on the unsung heroes I was honoured to entertain a special guest this week. Donna Laframboise is, in my opinion, one of the most important historians living and writing today. Since COVID occurred, misinformation, disinformation
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Screengrab from video released by Toronto Police Service of the woman suspected of stealing an idling Taxi in downtown Toronto, September 7, 2024.
Suspect sought in theft of a Taxi, Bay and Lake Shore West area The Toronto Police Service is requesting the public’s assistance identifying a suspect sought in a Theft of Motor Vehicle investigation. On Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 12:44
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