Ali Enad of Coventry Connection trains professional drivers in Para and Accessible Transit. Photo: Taxi News
On-demand service wait drops from 30 minutes to under 15 The wait time for an on-demand Wheelchair Accessible Taxi in Ottawa decreased from over 30 minutes to under 15 minutes in the past year, according to a June 23 staff
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Read MoreIf Canada is no longer a Capitalistic Democracy, what is it? Click here to read “On Canada Day, it’s time to admit the ugly truth” For more than a decade, I have watched in shock and horror as hard-working, law-abiding
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CTA president Marc André Way speaks with Policy Director Joanna Hazelden after the June 20th, 2024 VFH consultation at the East York Civic Centre. Photo: Taxi News
Passenger safety must be highest priority, Way says The recent incident in which an Ottawa teen girl was injured after being dragged by her Uber driver highlights the need to make passenger safety and consumer protection the highest priority for
Read More“Lackey union” or “good first step”? Uber drivers in Victoria, B.C. secured a landmark victory on July 2nd, with the B.C. Labour Relations Board officially certifying their union under UFCW Canada — the first union certification of its kind for
Read MoreUber will “top up” earnings every two weeks “At the Tim Horton’s pickup window, whether there’s a customer at the window or not, the worker gets paid minimum wage.” —George Wedge Ontarians who believe Uber drivers will be paid minimum
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Amazon driver Chris Sing has designed a water bottle full of features needed by professional delivery drivers - it also doubles as a hands-free phone holder. Image: YouTube
Delivery driver Christopher Sing tracks a wide variety of the company’s performance metrics in a June 8 video that focuses on Amazon’s use of Netradyne driver cameras. “What happens when you start tracking all the statistics of your employees?” Sing
Read More“Enshittification” is the term Doctorow created in 2022 to describe what happens when an online platform like Amazon or Twitter becomes more monetized and less user-oriented the longer it lasts. These platforms started out serving users by offering features that lure them in; then serve advertisers and third parties by offering ad targeting and deals; and lastly, serve themselves and their shareholders by cheating and exploiting both advertisers and users. Doctorow calls this process “enshittification.”
“Autoenshittification” is when these anti-consumer design and marketing principles are applied to vehicles being packed with digital technologies no one wants.
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