Whoaccio
Senior Member
No matter whether they were classified as cabs or public transit, they would be prohibited from operating in the Toronto area for sure, probably the whole province to. If they are public transit, the City specifically disallows competition to the TTC. If they are a cab, then our regulations prohibit cabs from accepting multiple passengers. I think cab companies can only operate certain vehicles as well which is pretty much limited to Crown Vics, Cameries and some vans for a few things. And even if they manage to get around those, we limit the amount of cab permits in the city which would effectively make it impossible for a jitney company to obtain licenses at all. I don't know what the situation is outside Toronto, but it is probably pretty similar throughout the GTA. Its better than Edmonton though, where you aren't even allowed to hail a cab.Are there regulations that prevent someone from operating a jitney service in the Toronto area? For instance, would they fall under the TTC's "jurisdiction", or under the taxi authority's? (And, I wonder, does the answer change for any of the other Toronto-area municipalities?)
EDIT: By 'multiple passengers' I don't mean cabs can't take a group of multiple passengers to multiple destinations. I mean it can't pick up one group of passengers and wait until it gets more passengers from a different group or stop mid route to pick someone else up.
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