More than 20,000 people have signed Uber’s online petition urging city council to legalize the ride-hailing service in Toronto.
The California-based company launched a website and petition Monday calling on council to adopt city staff recommendations for UberX, the popular ride-booking service that allows anyone to earn money by providing rides to willing customers. The petition had 24,679 signatures as of 5:30 p.m.
In a report released last week, city staff proposed UberX and similar services be included in updated taxi and limousine regulations, the creation of a new licensing category for ride-hailing services and for taxi fares be dropped by $1 to $3.25 to make traditional cabs more competitive. But many taxi drivers, backed by councillors Jim Karygiannis and Giorgio Mammoliti, are pushing to have the service banned from the city, altogether.
Proposed regulations for ride-hailing service up for debate Sept. 30
CBC News – Sep 21, 2015.
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