Before Toronto legalized ride-sharing, the drivers who provided accessible vans counted on picking up non-accessible fares to subsidize onerous costs June 13, 2024 update: This column ran in the Toronto Star on July 20, 2022. Taxi News is republishing it
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Zero available vehicles, open entry damage not mentioned Toronto staff floated the idea of providing an upfront $20,000 grant to Taxi drivers who will purchase an Accessible vehicle during last night’s Vehicle for Hire (VFH) consultation. Surprisingly, two disruptive factors
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Transportation, delivery companies “most significant perpetrators” A U.S. appeals court on Monday rejected a bid by Uber and subsidiary Postmates to revive a challenge to a California law, Reuters news agency reported on June 10th. Rejection of the bid could
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The City of Toronto is inviting residents and industry members to share their views on the vehicle-for-hire regulations at a series of virtual and in-person public consultations Wednesday, June 12 through Wednesday, June 25. The Licensing of Vehicles-for-Hire Bylaw (https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/toronto-code-546.pdf)
Read MoreVFH REVIEW, PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS CITY OF TORONTO Submission by Peter Pellier For the record, I was a member of the Mississauga taxi industry as an owner-operator, and following Uber’s emergence in 2012, along with my colleagues, watched in horror as
Read MoreCity has not responded to letter Tom Conway, the litigator whose team won the recent Ottawa judgement in which Uber was declared a “bandit taxi company,” has written the City to propose a per-trip fee to compensate Taxi drivers who
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“We will be back in touch with updates” Update 6am June 7: Toronto staff have confirmed that the consultations will proceed as scheduled Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire stakeholder consultations are scheduled to begin in the middle of a possible Toronto
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Toronto posts registration links for five sessions Dates and times for the stakeholder consultations sessions being held to receive feedback have now been posted. Interested parties should register to attend. Key focus areas for the consultation include: – Improving accessible on-demand
Read More Customer service, economic impacts on drivers, impacts on public transit and congestion, equity, accessibility A two-week window has been set for stakeholder consultations on Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire (VFH) industry, from June 12 – 25th. No meeting times or topics
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