Election ’22: Which Mayoral and City Council candidates are ready to make transportation more sustainable?

Since 2016, we’ve seen skyrocketing numbers of Uber and Lyft vehicles on Toronto streets, after the City changed its regulations and turned key decisions about ground transportation over to ride-hailing giants.  We’ve seen emissions and congestion get worse as an over-supply of drivers circulate in search of passengers.  Driving empty more than half the time, […]

‘What is the hold up?’: Uber grew impatient with delays in city training courses as its drivers quit, emails show

RideFairTO, a group that advocates for stricter regulation of Uber and other ride-hailing services and which shared the emails with the Star, says the company’s impatience over the delays shows how its business model relies on a steady stream of low-paid drivers who quickly cycle out of the industry. The group says that since Uber […]

The Uber Files: A kill switch, intense lobbying and driver exploitation. Leaked documents reveal ‘cutthroat’ tactics that built ride-hailing empire

In December 2014, a general manager for Uber took to the country’s “podium of record,” the Canadian Club of Toronto, to sell attendees on an innovation changing the face of urban transportation.

UBER’S DEADLY ROLL-BACK OF TORONTO’S TAXI REGULATIONS AIDED BY TORONTO’S MAYOR AND KEY STAFFERS, BOMBSHELL LEAK SHOWS

RideFairTO is calling on Mayor Tory to put the people of Toronto first and help bring in rules that are fair to everyone – It’s never too late to do the right thing Toronto, ON, July 11, 2022 – Yesterday’s global roll-out of thousands of leaked Uber documents sheds a devastating light on the tech […]

Toronto suspends all-online course for taxi, Uber drivers after criticism

The City of Toronto has suspended its accreditation of an all-online training course for ride-hailing and taxi workers, after criticism that it was too easy to pass and could allow unqualified drivers on the road.

The Uber Files: A kill switch, intense lobbying and driver exploitation. Leaked documents reveal ‘cutthroat’ tactics that built ride-hailing empire

Forget the ‘tech bros’ at Uber and Lyft. Toronto’s taxi and ride share system has long been in need of fixing

This past summer, after getting off the UP Express after a long day of travelling, my partner and I needed a ride home from Union Station. I did a quick check of the Uber and Lyft apps, but found the prices unreasonably high. That’s something a lot of Torontonians are reporting online this year — […]

Uber warns of higher prices and longer wait times following Toronto’s decision to freeze new licences

In the biggest shakeup of the taxi-alternative industry since city council legalized and regulated it in 2016, the companies face the prospect of a steadily diminishing supply of drivers who use their own vehicles to transport app-tapping customers.

Toronto halting new ride-hailing licences

Directives to city staff to issue a moratorium on new licences for ride hailing and private transportation companies was approved by council on Wednesday — ahead of the adoption of a new driver training program.

City of Toronto to stop issuing new ride-hailing driver’s licences until training in place

Toronto city council will ask its staff to pause immediately the issuing of new ride-hailing drivers’ licences until a mandatory driver training program is in place to make the service safer.