How did no one anticipate city-wide outages, stranded Waymos? I realize that by even writing these thoughts I risk being labelled as knee-jerk negative, or at least seriously skeptical. But I think it’s worth discussing. When I saw the clips
Read More“They’re cooked – they can’t go anywhere” YouTube reporter Lou Valentino reports that Waymo robotic taxis have “stopped dead” during the massive December 21st power outage in San Francisco. The outage has apparently been caused by a fire at California
Read More“It’s the best – it’s happiness” Donating to the Ottawa Food Bank is “the best!” says Taxi driver George Chamoun of Capital Taxi. “It’s the best feeling. Every year, it is the best,” says Chamoun, who has been part of
Read MorePeople are tired. Distracted. Guarded. by Paul Kearley There are times when I catch myself taking people—and their generosity—for granted. It’s rarely intentional. It’s more subtle than that. It’s like my eyes are locked on a screen in front of
Read MoreUber One offered no savings, difficult to cancel The Federal Trade Commission—joined by 21 states and the District of Columbia—on October 15 filed an amended complaint alleging that Uber charged consumers for its subscription without their consent, failed to deliver
Read MoreSafety through technology an abysmal failure To the Editor, Kudos on a superb piece underscoring the abysmal failure associated with deregulating the VFH industry, “Safety through technology has been a scam,” December 10. With the elimination of municipal screening, training
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John Papadakis, former East York Councillor, para-legal and firebrand, trekked from courthouse to courthouse attempting to cover Project Snowball for Taxi News. John died in 2021. Photo: Taxi News
It might have changed Uber history; instead, it got Memory Holed December 28, 2025 update: an Ontario lawyer currently involved in various Uber lawsuits contacted Taxi News to point out that there is no such lawsuit as “R vs Uber
Read MoreA Christmas story by Paul Kearley When people talk about Christmas, they often speak of warm memories—family gatherings, familiar smells from the kitchen, and the comfort of being surrounded by the people who raised them. My story is different. I
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Technology was supposed to make ground transportation safer....no one predicted hackers would figure out how to scam Uber, Lyft, and Instacart. Image: Instagram
Young women accepted a ride from a strange man in an unmarked car because they had the idea it was an OK thing to do…their guard wasn’t up; they had no guard. There was a time when elected officials and
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