East York Civic Centre Photo: Mapquest The first “in-person” consultation session on Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire (VHF) industry will take place at the East York Civic Centre on June 20th at 10am. On June 12, a virtual session was hosted by Toronto staff and Gladki Planning
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Image: Pinterest To know others is intelligence; to know yourself is true wisdom A young warrior came running into his village shouting, “The enemy is coming! He is about half an hour away.” Upon hearing this, the whole town panicked. They grabbed
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Map: Government of Canada First jurisdiction to achieve 100 per cent capacity target Canada’s Department of Natural Resources reports that Arctic Canada now has a total 34 public charging stations for seven electric vehicles, writes Blacklock’s Reporter on June 17th. “Yukon, Northwest Territories and
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Image: Province of British Columbia Theft of workers’ tips being acknowledged? Following Ontario’s lead, the government of British Colombia is changing the definition of the term “minimum wage.” On June 12, BC released proposed legislation which, like Ontario’s law, divides a worker’s time into “engaged
Read Morefrom the Gig Workers’ United “X” feed What do we think of the new platform gig work regulations in BC? It’s great the provincial government recognizes that this is an unsustainable situation but we are disappointed that the legislation doesn’t
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Image: Lego Brian Horne A man walks out to the street and catches a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cabby says, “Wow, perfect timing. You’re just like Frank.” The passenger asks, “Who?” The cabby explains, “Frank
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Image: Webex 65,000 drivers chasing 160,000 rides per day Poll question #4 on Toronto’s June 12th Vehicle for Hire (VFH) public consultation saw twice as many polled in favour of ending open entry and placing a limit on the number of VFH
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Before Toronto legalized ride-sharing, the drivers who provided accessible vans counted on picking up non-accessible fares to subsidize onerous costs June 13, 2024 update: This column ran in the Toronto Star on July 20, 2022. Taxi News is republishing it
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Over 100 participants were on on the June 12 Vehicle for Hire consultation online meeting. Image: Webex Zero available vehicles, open entry damage not mentioned Toronto staff floated the idea of providing an upfront $20,000 grant to Taxi drivers who will purchase an Accessible vehicle during last night’s Vehicle for Hire (VFH) consultation. Surprisingly, two disruptive factors
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