The Tale of Taxi Reforms in Two Cities: The Failure of Closed Entry - Continued

The fight to enter the taxi market in parts of Canada and elsewhere in the world by Transportation Network Companies (TNCs), like Uber, continues. Uber is still unable to break into the BC taxi market and there will be no new taxis on Vancouver streets until at least Oct. 2017. In Europe, a report published by the OECD in May 2016 states ‘The rapid rise of commercial transport apps such as Uber or Lyft is challenging long-established rules in the for-hire passenger transport market. These platforms often fall outside existing regulations and governments have typically reacted by seeking to block them or by tweaking existing taxi regulation to include such services.’[1] The report goes on to state ‘Oversight tends to be tilted in favour of established providers - often because of the specificities of street hailing, but also due to market capture.’[2] This paper continues our description of the regulatory developments in the taxi industry in Toronto and Ottawa. The first section summarizes our earlier paper. The next section presents the taxi industry response to competition. Then the new regulations that were adopted by Toronto and Ottawa are described. The concluding discussion addresses the purpose of such economic regulations.

• Record URL:
  • http://ctrf.ca/?page_id=4419
• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Transportation Research Forum

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• Authors:
  • Monteiro, J
  • Prentice, BE
• Conference:
  • Canadian Transportation Research Forum 52nd Annual Conference - Canadian Transportation: 150 Years of Progress//Les transports au Canada : 150 ans de progrès - Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 28-31, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 1 PDF file, 101 KB, 8p.
• Monograph Title: Canadian Transportation Research Forum 52nd Annual Conference - Canadian Transportation: 150 Years of Progress//Les transports au Canada : 150 ans de progrès - Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 28-31, 2017

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carpools; Case studies; Competition; Conferences; Door to door service; Legislation; Paratransit services; Taxicabs; Vehicle sharing
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 1119: Car pooling; 1108: Car sharing; 8531: Case study; 235: Competition; 8525: Conference; 1157: Demand responsive transport; 1159: Door to door (transp); 1556: Legislation; 1148: Taxi
• Subject Areas: Law; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01678277
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Aug 22 2018 1:41PM