Screen shot of Colorado legislation which forbids the actions Uber is allegedly taking this week. Image: RDAO
“Because of this new law, you will see these changes” e-memo reads This article was updated at noon, February 5th with response from Uber. It appears Colorado Uber drivers are going to be punished for new state legislation requiring Uber
Read MoreOttawa’s reminder on distracted driving gets clarification from police Uber drivers are expected to obey distracted driving laws, the City of Ottawa says. On February 3, Ottawa distributed an email headed “Feature Story” providing fairly exhaustive information on Ontario’s distracted
Read MoreNo First Amendment right to hide prices, profit Effective February 1st in Colorado, Uber is required to provide customers with detailed billing information including driver pay, deductions, and the portion of the fare Uber takes. “At the time the legislation
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The Rideshare Professor Torsten Kunert is supporting a campaign to have Uber drivers around the globe "give Uber the finger" to show dissatisfaction with driver pay and Uber policies. Image: YouTube
We are still a nation of Rule of Law and elected government When did Uber become the law? An Uber driver in British Columbia is ticketed for breaking the law, and the case goes all the way to the BC
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According to Statistics Canada, Toronto's population increased 7 per cent since 2013. The number of Vehicles for Hire have increased 1426 per cent, report Toronto staff. Image: Taxi News
Toronto’s population up 7 per cent; Vehicles for Hire up 1,462 per cent California is on fire while there is no water in the fire hydrants; Justin Trudeau “resigned” then flew to the United States to speak as Canada’s Prime
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Instead of making its Accessible Taxi program viable by limiting the number of VFH, Toronto proposes extending the life of WAV's to ten years. Image: Cartoon Bob for Taxi News
What could be more arbitrary than proposing the number that’s creating all the problems? Update at 1:30pm January 13: The full TRP report has been added to the bottom of the post in an accordion box. Like many other perfectly
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Mayor Olivia Chow announced 75 additional Traffic Agents to assist in managing troublesome intersections across Toronto. Photo: Mayor's Office
Update: This article was updated at 6am January 13th with a new photo and quotes from drivers. Toronto plans to train and hire 75 additional new “Traffic Agents” to manage traffic flow across the city, Mayor Olivia Chow announced on
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Does a Taxi driver develop a bigger Hippocampus because they exercise their spatial abilities more than most people, or are people with larger Hippocampi attracted to Taxi driving? Researchers have not answered that question. Image: YouTube
BMJ study looked at 443 occupations In a study of the human brain and Alzheimer’s disease, Taxi drivers were found to have “significantly larger hippocampi” than more than 400 other occupations studied, according to a Dr. F. Perry Wilson in
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