Update March 7, 7pm: The Vazken Kerametlian quote indicating airport Taxi drivers charge $65 per ride downtown was provided to Taxi News in January, 2024. In mid-February, the rate was increased to $70. ***** Half of Toronto’s fleet of 5,500
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Decades of industry experience goes to waste at meeting As human beings go, Gurjeet Dhillon is a pretty easy one to be around. She has a lovely face and a warm, friendly voice. I have always found her to be
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Reporter Peter Sweden shares images and video of French Taxi drivers blockading roads in Paris to protest government policies. IT'S HAPPENING The French taxi drivers are now blockading the roads in Paris.pic.twitter.com/fHR2mu6rd1 — PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) March 4, 2024
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None of the Councillors who voted to re-write Toronto’s Taxi by-laws for Uber in 2016 are taking any responsibility for breaking the industry, Taxi operator Behrouz Khamseh told Executive Committee on February 29th. “You broke the industry,” Khamsah reiterated. “I
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“TTC, Taxi, Uber, Lyft…everybody is suffering” A driver identified only as “Ali P” in Executive Committee meeting minutes perhaps phrased it best when he told Councillors, “Stop the shenanigans!” “Please, rather than having so many fancy-schmantzy conversations and political agendas,
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From 5,500 trained and licensed Taxi drivers to 55,000 random rideshares cruising the streets in a city that claims it wants to cut emissions. How is such lunacy even possible? Who takes seriously any debate on which one side is
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Visit this link to find your next required SSC submission date: From toronto.ca: Vehicle Age (Model Year) “This bulletin applies to requirements to replace taxicabs, limousines, and private transportation company (PTC) vehicles in the City of Toronto due to the
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Could the “gig economy” be coming for your job? by Earla Phillips Uber has done a great job of convincing the public that it is just a “gig.” It didn’t start out that way. It started in many cities by
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(March 1, 2024)–The City of Toronto will launch its second pothole repair blitz of 2024 this Saturday to keep the City’s expressways, major roads and neighbourhood streets in a state of good repair. This remains a priority for the City
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