Brian Pattison of Northern Academy Transportation Training says they debated which photo to use for this truck wrap, and purposefully selected this picture to highlight the point that persons ensnared by human traffickers are often younger than people realize. Photo: Know Human Trafficking
MTO’s recent Northlander Rideshare Pilot Engagment failed egregiously in not including Indigenous community groups in its March consultations, says Shelley Walker of Know Human Trafficking. “The Northlander route goes directly through Indigenous lands,” Walker told Taxi News. “How can Ontario
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Bill Sibeon of Al's Taxi is part of a family-owned business which has been transporting Huntsville and area residents for almost 50 years. "We are available 24/7, and we have not been closed for one day in 50 years. Not even during COVID - we drove everybody where they needed to go during COVID: nurses, doctors, people with medical appointments." Sibeon is astonished that the Ford government is allowing American corporations like Uber and Lyft to begin selling rides in the community while not requiring them to comply with local Taxi by-laws. Photo: Huntsville Taxi
Northlander pilot to allow Uber, Lyft targets local family owned businesses “Doug Ford is taking something solid and making it precarious,” says Bill Sibeon of Al’s Taxi in Huntsville. “My family has been serving this community for 50 years and
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Proposed new bus or shuttle routes as part of Innisfil's 10 Year Master Transit Plan. The Town's Uber experiment resulted in "Dis-economies of Scale" which staff hope to fix in the future. Image: Innisfil
It’s back to fixed routes (like busses) and set rates (like Taxis) Innisfil’s “Diseconomy of Scale” “With increased ridership, a rideshare-based system using relatively low-capacity vehicles, as Innisfil Transit does, runs into a situation resembling a diseconomy of scale, as
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The Aaron Group has spent millions developing: a hybrid vehicle fleet with the most rigorous training and safety protocols in the industry; a black car service for citizens and visitors (who include the executives of some of the largest mining companies on the planet); a dynamically routed, on-demand airport shuttle service; the largest accessible vehicle fleet in northern Ontario. They were not invited to take part in Ontario's recent "Northlander Pilot Engagement." Image: Aaron Group/Facebook
Taxi operator translates disengenuous rhetoric on canard of a pilot Update April 6, 2026: This column has been updated since it was initially posted on April 5th with the addition of the point on Accessible vehicles. Here I am, on
Read MoreProfessor of Finance Martin Boyer spent several hours providing testimony on the valuation of Taxi plates on March 30th. Martin Boyer was previously qualified as an expert witness in many court cases, including the case involving Québec taxi plate owners
Read MoreTaxi stands create order, while random pickups create congestion, Khamseh says by Christian Zdravko Toronto’s newly released Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup 2026 Mobility Plan outlines how the city will manage Vehicles for Hire (VFH) during the
Read MoreStories of low pay, high costs abound Broke and burnt-out Uber drivers, Door-dashers and other gig workers are taking to YouTube in recent months, complaining of long hours, high costs and low pay. “You’re working way into the evening, Saturdays
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Beck Taxi's Kristine Hubbard has spoken exhaustively on the need to revamp Toronto's Accessible on Demand program, which must include capping the number of Vehicles for Hire on city streets. Image: Toronto
Ottawa is making it work; why can’t Toronto? Despite years of warnings and its own cold, hard statistics staring it in the face, the City of Toronto will see its Accessible Taxi on Demand program collapse on March 31st. The
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Mayoralty candidate Olivia Chow met with drivers from Taxi and Uber during her campaign. Image: LDAO
1) Toronto would have to admit it made a mistake in allowing open-entry and unregulated fares for 80,000 plus Uber, Lyft and other app-based Vehicles for Hire. It’s understandable that John Tory was never going to disavow his beloved policy
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