Finally. Mississauga taxi, limo, tow truck operators and auto service stations received some relief from the impact of the pandemic, when on June 2 City Council approved a 25 per cent reduction in renewal fees for 2021.
The item had been deferred twice before being voted on by Council, which approved it by an 8-4 count.
Read MoreUpdate: At the May 26th meeting of Mississauga’s General Committee, Item #13 concerning reducing Business Fees including Taxi, Limo, Tow Truck and auto service station fees was deferred to the June 2nd meeting of Mississauga.
Read MoreThe first pic of a @BeckTaxi #VaxiTaxi! The amazing vaccination team at the Canadian Centre for Immigrant & Refugee Healthcare were approached by Mohammad: he had a passenger who wanted to be vaccinated. Registered & vaccinated while she sat in the car!
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The Gravel Institute
The ride-hailing company Uber is everywhere: it has rapidly become one of the most ubiquitous corporate entities in the United States. But beneath all of its bluster, Uber has a big secret: there’s no profit, no gains in efficiency or effectiveness, and, above all, no innovation. Simply put, Uber is one of the biggest scams in American economic history. And it’s not just scamming its investors (although it definitely is): it’s scamming you – its users – and, most of all, it’s scamming its drivers. While they get rich, you get ripped off. Edward Ongweso, Jr., technology reporter at VICE News, explains.
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As part of its April 2021 kickoff month, Road Warrior News (RWN) is offering no-cost listings for taxi plates which owners wish to sell of lease, with or without vehicle.
Read MoreIn conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the borderland of the North American taxi.
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After a marathon run of media appearances, interviews and daily tweets imploring Ontario health officials to prioritize Taxi drivers for the COVID vaccine, Beck Taxi’s Kristine Hubbard can wind up her advocacy campaign with a feeling of accomplishment.
Read MoreThe Toronto taxi plate owners’ attempt to have a $1.7-billion class action suit certified against the City of Toronto has been dismissed again.
Co-appellants Lawrence Eisenberg, Behrouz Khamzeh, and Sukhvir Thethi were appealing a December 2019 Ontario Supreme Court decision which denied their claims that the owners’ huge loss of business to Uber stemmed from the City’s failure to enforce its by-laws against the Silicon Valley-based ridesharing giant (particularly in the period from 2014 to 2016 when Uber rolled out its unlicensed Uber X service, gaining significant market share while operating outside the law).
Read MoreToronto Mayor John Tory’s March 24th announcement that Uber would be providing free rides to vaccine clinics does not appear to be supported by any actual program to have Uber provide free rides to vaccine clinics.
“It seems like more of a promotion for Uber that a program to provide transportation,” said Brendan Agnew-Iler, a co-founder of RideFairTO. “It looks more like it is simply an endorsement of Uber by City government.”
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