“Lack of availability of Taxi cab plates” cited as reason for proposal despite flood of VFHs Update August 8, 2024: This article was originally posted on June 24, 2024. It is being reposted in its entirety by request. In an
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Taxi News has contacted Toronto staff to request more information and more detailed information on what is next on the schedule for the city’s Vehicle for Hire review. The reply from Shane Gerard, Senior Communications Co-ordinator in Toronto’s media office
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“Uber is not updating drivers with up-to-date licenses:” RDAO Updated at 11:15am: Neil Shorey’s title and quote were amended for accuracy. Numerous PTC drivers, including those working on platforms Uber and Lyft, have been ticketed in recent weeks for driving
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Tory and Saunders ignored the Law; will Chow and Demkiw restore faith in it? Coincidentally, as I was doing research and interviewing experts for a hard news article on the topic of “Enforcing the Law” as it relates to the
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“The City is part of the congestion problem” The CafeTO program which allows restaurants to use transform the curb lane of live traffic into patio seating is part of Toronto’s congestion problem, says Uber driver Victor. He was speaking to
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There are lots of people with lots of thoughts, opinions, comments, questions and feedback to share with each other, with Taxi News, with politicians and civil servants and other groups in Summer 2024. Whew. That’s why it makes me so
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Observant PTC driver says the quiet part out loud I don’t see any driver going for it unless there’s 100 per cent grant to converting their vehicle into an Accessible vehicle, because it takes a lot of more time that
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Visit to Detroit offers a sharp contrast to Toronto As you may have noticed (thanks for your emails, texts and notes!) the past week has been completely exceptional as Taxi News/Road Warrior News took a break from daily publication for
Read More Unlimited drivers depresses wages, competes with TTC says Europe’s Hopp Toronto should take over all licensing of PTC drivers, said one of the participants on the June 25th Private Transportation Company (PTC) stakeholder livestream. “I’m Johnny Monroe, I work for
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