Aggregate versus individual payment calculations at issue Closing submissions in the Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa court case are scheduled to be filed on Wednesday, May 6th. “This Court has found the City of Ottawa liable in negligence for
Read MoreToronto will host six FIFA World Cup 26™ matches between June 12 to July 2 and host FIFA Fan Festival™ on select days through July 19. The City has created a website to keep residents, travellers and drivers up-to-date on
Read MoreWhile driverless cars tested in Detroit A driverless Waymo blew through police caution tape to drive into a crime scene in London, England on April 25. Dramatic video posted on TikTok shows the moment the vehicle careers into a police cordon in Harlesden as
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Period for submitting comments to the Northlander Rideshare Pilot closed on April 10th. Image: Ontario
Submission “a public interest intervention“ The Canadian Taxi Association’s submission to the Ford government’s Northern Rideshare proposal has caught the attention of mainstream media, as the Globe and Mail is expected to publish coverage of it in the days ahead.
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Taxi operator Behrouz Khamseh has been working with Toronto to develop a plan for smooth ground transportation during FIFA 2026. Photo: Taxi News
“I don’t know,” says Behrouz Khamseh. “I am not sure these staff people know what they are talking about…the numbers they are giving, I don’t think they can make this work.” Khamseh has attended and spoken at several meetings at
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What if a dignitary representing the Federation Internationale de Powerchair Football Association needs a WAV during the World Cup? Image: FIPFA
What if a FIFA tourist needs a WAV? This week I spoke with a Government Relations professional who dismissed my questions about Ontario’s current plan to take over regulation of Uber, Lyft and other app-based firms province-wide. “Doug Ford has
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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: Als 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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