Taxi industry media pros share tips, cautions Two of Canada’s most social Taxi industry professionals will share tips with associates on March 28th. Kristine Hubbard, Operations Manager at Beck Taxi in Toronto and Layna Segall, Social Media Manager for Checker
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Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria officially opened the new $30 million inspection station near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Photo: @PrabSarkaria
Increased inspections, improved training needed for Trucking safety, Sarkaria says Ontario’s Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria was in Shuniah on March 15th to marking the opening of a new commercial vehicle inspection station on Highway 11/17, generally referred to as the
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Councillor Jason Chavez addresses MULDA members and drivers at March 14th Council meeting. "Uber and Lyft pulled out all the stops to try and scare the Council into stopping this policy, but we are with the drivers because we believe in people over profits. I’m proud to have worked with my colleague and drivers to get to this point. We overrode the Mayor’s Veto (10-3)." Photo: Twitter
Uber, Lyft say they will abandon the city by May 1st implementation Dismissing Uber and Lyft’s threats to leave the city, the Minneapolis City Council voted 10-3 to override a mayoral veto of minimum pay rates for drivers, the Minnesota
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Screen grab from CBC's undercover camera videotaping a driving instructor explaining how students pay to receive forged certificates which state they have received training they did not receive. Photo: CBC
“Biggest lesson? It’s easy to cheat the system” The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) sent reporters with hidden cameras undercover to expose driving schools selling fraudulent certificates for cash. The result was angry instructors, with at least one sending threatening texts
Read MoreUpdate March 7, 7pm: The Vazken Kerametlian quote indicating airport Taxi drivers charge $65 per ride downtown was provided to Taxi News in January, 2024. In mid-February, the rate was increased to $70. ***** Half of Toronto’s fleet of 5,500
Read MoreDecades of industry experience goes to waste at meeting As human beings go, Gurjeet Dhillon is a pretty easy one to be around. She has a lovely face and a warm, friendly voice. I have always found her to be
Read MoreNone 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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Speaker identified only as "Ali P" at Toronto's Executive Committee on February 29th made more sense in 5 minutes than Toronto has heard in 5 years. Photo: YouTube
“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,
Read MoreFrom 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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