None of the Councillors who voted to re-write Toronto’s Taxi by-laws for Uber in 2016 are taking any responsibility for breaking the industry, Taxi operator Behrouz Khamseh told Executive Committee on February 29th. “You broke the industry,” Khamsah reiterated. “I
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“TTC, Taxi, Uber, Lyft…everybody is suffering” A driver identified only as “Ali P” in Executive Committee meeting minutes perhaps phrased it best when he told Councillors, “Stop the shenanigans!” “Please, rather than having so many fancy-schmantzy conversations and political agendas,
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From 5,500 trained and licensed Taxi drivers to 55,000 random rideshares cruising the streets in a city that claims it wants to cut emissions. How is such lunacy even possible? Who takes seriously any debate on which one side is
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Adult Education component special area of focus The Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO) is working with the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA) on a unique version of CVTA’s Instructor Certification Program. “Over or the past few years, we
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Says Uber “used its corporate might keep prices artificially low” Private investigator Gary Walsh has filed a complaint against Uber with Canada’s Competition Bureau. Investigations Co-Ordinator with Probe Toronto, Walsh believes that Uber has intentionally used a predatory pricing program
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“Rigour, objectivity, consistency” combined with the experience of a trained instructor Impirica’s CEO P-J Barclay is taking the week ahead of the Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario’s (TTSAO’s) annual conference to visit clients before his February 29th presentation, as a quick check-in
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Dr. Paul Artale kicks off TTSAO with work/life balance With the help of his two-year-old son, Dr. Paul Artale may have found the secret to understanding work/life balance. “It’s the word ‘so,’” laughs Artale, who is the first speaker up
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Chow wants report to consider wages, working conditions as well as emissions The February deadline for Toronto to decide how many rideshare vehicles is appropriate for a city trying cap emissions may be pushed back to November, 2024. In a
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What’s the rush? Why share only Taxi info, not rideshare? As part of a lengthy conversation and interview with Taxi News regarding changes being made to the Greater Toronto Airport Authority’s changes to driver permitting conditions, the GTAA asked for
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