“Weather changes, and we’ve got 50 cars lined behind a truck“ Increasing speed limits on the 400-series highways for personal automobiles to 110 km/hour while leaving transport trucks governed at 105 could make congestion worse, not better, says risk management
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Re: “Advice to Uber Drivers: quit Uber, drive Taxi” October 18 To the Editor, Since entering the Vehicle For Hire industry, Uber has managed to circumvent effective regulation, leaving the company a free hand to do whatever they please. Over
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Rideshare drivers upset over Uber’s new algorithmic payment methods hoped to raise their profile by protesting at Pearson Airport instead of Uber’s head office in downtown Toronto on October 17th. While the new program is called “up front pay,” drivers
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Uber and government have their hands in your pocket: Kerametlian “All Uber drivers should quit driving for Uber or Lyft and ask the government to enforce bylaws of Taxicab and become Taxi drivers as the market requires.” An open letter
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Uber and Lyft drivers have received a permit from the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) for the protest planned for today at 2pm. The goal of the action is not to delay travellers but to raise awareness of how the
Read More Fake signs, bandit cabs, airport protests were all avoidable by Marc Andre Way Travellers flying out of Pearson International Airport may be surprised to see Uber drivers protesting their poverty earnings. Drivers want the public to know that Uber’s “upfront
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October 17th launch date For the first time in Canadian history, the professional instructors who train Ontario’s truck drivers will have access to the world-leading Instructor Certification Program of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA). The CVTA is the largest
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“It’s not new to us:” TTSAO Ontario’s Truck driver training industry was the subject of a scathing CBC Marketplace segment on October 11th. Journalists went undercover with a student looking for truck driver training at several trucking schools located in
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“I had tears in my eyes” Taxi spokesperson admits This article was updated at 7:40am October 16th with a quote from Kristine Hubbard. The Ontario government is introducing legislation that would, if passed, require municipalities to receive approval from the
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