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Paul Kearley shares “The Anti-Friendship Guide” “You can make more friends in 10 minutes by becoming genuinely interested in them than you can in ten years by trying to get them interested in you.” Dale Carnegie I never really felt
Read MoreCap on licenses, single form of insurance recommended 1. Cap/pause on all commercials licenses like Vehicle for Hire (VFH) and Private Transportation Companies (PTC) for at least the next five years. Toronto should follow New York system: select 10,000 to
Read MoreTory 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
Read Moreby Rich Thornton After every flight, UPS pilots fill out a form, called a “gripe sheet,” which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the
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2022 is the most recent Accessibility Plan Annual Status Report posted to Toronto's website. Image: Toronto
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
Read More“So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with.” –John Locke Sitting around the kitchen table, we were discussing ideas when I used the word
Read MoreVisit 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
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When Toronto's Accessible Advisory Committee received a 2024 presentation based on the premise the Accessible on Demand program can be revived. "It would need to be RESURRECTED, from the DEAD!" an outraged operator said.
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Toronto maintains delusions, illusions over program it killed with Uber Here are the stats (May 2024): 578 accessible plates172 not in use (no vehicle)47 to be replaced <1 yr301 to be replaced <2 yrs That leaves 58 wheelchair accessible vehicles
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