Re: February 17th articles, Accessible transportation in the age of MAiD and Teen girl allegedly kidnapped by Lyft driver To the Editor: All the news that’s fit to print. Both of these news stories richly deserved your attention, giving the implications
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Video captured a teen girl sprinting away from a Lyft vehicle in which the driver allegedly attempted to kidnap her. Image: Good Morning America on YouTube
Good Morning America reports that a teen aged girl was allegedly abducted by her Lyft driver on February 14th. The girl escaped by jumping out of the vehicle when she realized the driver had cancelled the ride and was moving
Read MoreI dare to say the quiet part out loud I’ve been wasting time all week, leaving phone messages and sending emails for government employees, private sector suppliers, and advocates for persons with disabilities who would like to have on-demand Accessible
Read MoreIndividual or aggregate damages to be decided The Metro Taxi vs City of Ottawa case will be back in court in March, 2026. The next step in the proceeding is to address whether damages can be assessed in the aggregate.
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77 per cent of Toronto's Accessible Taxi fleet needed to be replaced by March 2026 simply to maintain past levels of service. This did not occur. Image: Taxi News Data: City of Toronto https://www.toronto.ca/data/mls/ssc/V00.html
Beck Taxi will have 3 WAVs after March 31 'No Ride Home: The End of Accessible Taxis' https://t.co/PnyQuORjYT People will be confined to their homes as of March 31st in a city that left them behind. This isn't hyperbole. Even
Read MoreThe verdict is expected to influence the outcome of thousands of other cases Simmons Hanly Conroy A federal jury in Arizona last week returned an $8.5 million verdict against Uber Technologies, Inc., in a sexual assault case brought by a
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The Ford government announced it would conduct a "rideshare framework review" in its November 6th Fall Economic Statement. Photo: CPAC
Costs of gridlock, policing, accessible services downloaded to taxpayers Ontario taxpayers provide an estimated $3 billion in hidden subsidies to U.S. ride hail corporations like Uber and Lyft, a recent Budget submission details. “All of the costs of gridlock, policing,
Read MoreMark Carney replaces EV mandate with emissions standard and EV subsidies On February 5th, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his government’s plan to replace the Electric Vehicle (EV) sales mandate, which held that all new vehicles sold in Canada must
Read MoreCTA Review, Budget submissions highlight improvements required The Canadian Taxi Association wrote the Ontario government two substantial letters in January in advance of the ground transportation review framework review scheduled for 2026. Taxi News has posted both communications pieces in
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