Uber was so close to trial over cabbie compensation in Australia that the live link to the court proceedings had already been posted when the trial was cancelled. Image: Supreme Court of Victoria Deal struck just before trial started Uber will pay almost $272 million Australian dollars ($173 million USD) to compensate taxi and hire car drivers who lost out when the rideshare company “aggressively” moved into the Australian market, reports the Post
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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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Screenshot of BC Human Rights tribunal March 1st decision. Uber Canada has been ordered to pay $35,000 to a man who uses a wheelchair after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found he was discriminated against by the ridesharing company on March 1st, 2024. Uber was also ordered to offer
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Photo: Toronto Pearson Airport Update 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
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Gurjeet Dhillon, Vice President of Scarborough City Cabs and Toronto One Taxi. Photo: YouTube Decades 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
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Taxi operator Behrouz Khamseh. Photo: YouTube None 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,
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Image: Taxi News From 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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Toronto City Hall Photo: toronto.ca Visit this link to find your next required SSC submission date: From toronto.ca: Vehicle Age (Model Year) “This bulletin applies to requirements to replace taxicabs, limousines, and private transportation company (PTC) vehicles in the City of Toronto due to the
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