Author: RWN Staff

In-house lobbyists for Uber logged a meeting on January 20 with the TTC’s Head of Wheel-Trans, Cameron Penman and Wheel-Trans Manager, Mohammed Rashid Shaikh. The TTC’s Manager of Business Transformation also attenderd, according to Matt Elliott, publisher of “City Hall Watcher.”

Elliott notes that Wheel-Trans provides a significant portion of its service to people with disabilities via contracts with the taxi industry. They have never established any similar arrangement with PTC companies like Uber, though Uber does operate a service called UberWav in some cities that provides specialized wheelchair-accessible service.

Zoom links and technology services during the first month of the Ottawa Taxi trial have been generally very reliable. Image: Google This morning at the Ottawa Taxi trial, the cross-examination of City of Ottawa’s Regulatory Services Program Manager Christine Hartig

Image: KPMG The February 1st session of the Ottawa Taxi trail will begin with lawyers for the plaintiff cross examining Brian Bourns, Senior Manager, KPMG. Bourns and his team wrote the 2015 report to Ottawa City Council which was considered

Ottawa’s Deputy City Manager Lesley Donnelly provided the first testimony for the City of Ottawa in the Ottawa Taxi trial on January 26. It is expected that she will be cross-examined by lawyers for the plaintiffs on the morning of January 27th.