Interested ground transportation industry members, residents, and community groups have until April 10th to submit comments on the “Northlander Rideshare Pilot” scheduled to begin in Spring, 2026. The Ministry of Transportation finished its fourth and final consultation session on March
Read MoreOntario “rideshare” regs moving like lightening Ontario’s unseemly rush to regulate so-called “rideshare” around the return of the Northlander train is transparently disingenuous and potentially irresponsible. Everyone knows by now that no one is sharing anything; the more frightening part
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Period for submitting comments to the Northlander Rideshare Pilot closed on April 10th. Image: Ontario
Pilot intended to “inform potential future province-wide oversight” The province of Ontario posted detailed notice of its plans for rideshare services along the Northlander train route within hours of its last consultation session with stakeholders on March 19th. On Friday,
Read MoreOttawa hopes to change its tact In a letter sent to Ottawa Taxi plate owners on March 18th, president and CEO of Coventry Connections Inc. Marc Andre Way wrote, “We are writing to provide you with a clear and brief
Read MoreOntario’s “Northlander Rideshare Pilot Review” continues this week on March 18th and 19th. On March 11, the first session was conducted by video teleconference and included representatives from Uber and Lyft and 31 provincial and municipal bureaucrats. On March 13th,
Read MoreFirst session scheduled for 9am March 11 None of the stakeholders who RSVP’d to Ontario’s ground transportation review have yet been notified that they are included on the schedule of consultations as of March 10, one day before the first
Read MoreIn a telephone survey conducted Thursday March 5th, Taxi News was unable to find a single Taxi company which was aware of the “Northlander Rideshare Pilot Engagements” being organized by Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation. 19 Taxi companies listed along Ontario’s
Read MoreOntario’s “Northlander Rideshare Engagement” a mystifying mouthful In the province on Ontario, the Ministry of Transportation has sent invitations to select stakeholder groups to let them know a consultation is about to take place: the “Northlander Rideshare Pilot Engagement.” At
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Marc Andre Way, CEO of Coventry Connections and President of the Canadian Taxi Association. Photo: Taxi News
CTA president Marc André Way says a March 4th meeting with Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO) in advance of the upcoming ground transportation review “went well,” and he is looking forward to contributing to the consultations which begin on March
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