This slide was part of the March 28, 2023 webinar with the City of Toronto and Cara Clairman, President and CEO of Plug’n Drive. Image: Toronto.ca
The City of Toronto’s staff report, outlining the vehicle-for-hire industry’s transition to net-zero emissions by 2030, is now expected at the Economic and Community Development Committee (ECDC) this fall. It was originally expected to be presented at the ECDC meeting
Read MoreThe questions and answers used as Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire (VFH) testing program have been collected and posted to several sites on YouTube.
“All questions a real test questions, collected from those who took the test recently,” says to opening slide of Simplifoo’s YouTube page. “Hope this will definitely help you.”
Another site, run by Maple Leaf Tamil, has more than 10,000 views.
Because the VFH test is administered to drivers using their own cell phones to take the test, drivers could keep YouTube open during the test to check for the correct answer.
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Mayoralty candidate Olivia Chow and Abdul Mohamoud, CEO of Co-op Cabs, at a Taxi industry event on June 19, 2023. "When we all work together, we can fix the crack in the sky," Chow quoted an African proverb in her remarks.
Mayoral candidate Olive Chow was the guest speaker at an event organized by the West Etobicoke Multicultural Association and the Taxi industry on June 18. “I came to Canada. when I was 13. My father was a teacher, a school
Read MoreMohamoud told the room, “I’d like to tell you that we sent a letter to the top six candidate for mayor. And we asked them a simple questions: a request fair treatment, fair regulations, and if they win, are they willing to listen to us, to work with us? We only got one response: from Olivia,” he said.
Read Moreby Hans Wienhold The Black Stallion was a bar on James St. N. We all hated being sent there for fares, partly because there was nowhere to park adjacent to the bar. Drivers would have to maneuver into a “no stopping”
Read MoreFamilies are invited to share food, music and political opinions at a community event sponsored by Toronto’s Taxi industry and the North Etobicoke Multicultural Association on June 18th. There is no admission charge to the dinner event, which will provide
Read MoreReports that Taxi drivers who are part of Toronto’s Accessibility Fund Program have been declined funding were addressed by City staff in an email on June 15th. Taxi drivers who have been refused funding have 10 days to appeal the
Read MoreNew York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga announced that the City of New York has set a first-of-its-kind minimum pay rate for app-based restaurant delivery workers. When fully implemented, the city’s more than 60,000 delivery workers — who currently earn $7.09/hour on average — will earn at least $19.96/hour. Restaurant delivery apps will also have flexibility in how they pay delivery workers the new minimum rate.
Read MoreTaxi drivers blocked streets in Barcelona over a ruling from Europe’s top court rejecting rules set by the Spanish city that dramatically restrict the number of cars working with ride-hailing apps pic.twitter.com/lck2v45mxv — Reuters (@Reuters) June 14, 2023 The above
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