Vancouver Taxi Association

• B.C. Premier John Horgan tells Surrey mayor to back down in feud with Uber

  B.C. Premier John Horgan has told Surrey mayor Doug McCallum to back down from attempting to stop ride-hailing companies from operating in the city.

  Politics

  Jan 29, 2020
  
• ‘We have bills to pay’: Kater drivers left in the lurch as company pulls the plug at Christmas

  "Christmas is just around the corner, we have bills to pay, we have families. We didn't realized it was going to be this quick."

  Dec 12, 2019
  
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• Metro Vancouver needs to look at region-wide ridesharing licence, mayor says

  The call comes after Lyft raised concerns that municipal licences could drive up ridesharing costs and restrict access across the region.

  Oct 26, 2019
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• Lyft chief says B.C. ridesharing rules could drive up costs for riders, limit options

  B.C.'s general manager for Lyft says the increasing rules and licenses required for ridesharing drivers could drive up costs and make the experience less than ideal.

  Oct 24, 2019
• Lyft reminds B.C. not to impose limits on ridesharing after minister’s letter to PTB

  Major ridesharing company Lyft is reminding the B.C. government not to impose caps on vehicles before their service hits the road.

  Canada

  Sep 6, 2019
• Vancouver Taxi Association launches judicial review over PTB’s ridesharing rules

  The Vancouver Taxi Association has filed a judicial review against the Passenger Transportation Board's decision to have no caps for ridesharing vehicles allowed on B.C. roads.

  Sep 4, 2019
• Ridesharing app Kater prepares to soft-launch service in Vancouver

  The launch comes months before Uber and Lyft will be allowed to operate in B.C., with critics calling it "a Band-Aid solution."

  Mar 21, 2019
• Ridesharing app Kater offering big bonuses for new drivers as it struggles to launch

  Critics say the bonuses show needing a Class 4 licence to be a ridesharing driver is too big a hurdle.

  Mar 8, 2019
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• Mystery surrounds Kater as it prepares to enter B.C.’s ridesharing market

  Kater won't answer any questions about how the company plans on operating or whether they will be applying for ridesharing licences once the province puts in new policies this fall.

  Politics

  Jan 8, 2019
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• Vancouver taxi industry set to partner with ridesharing app Kater before new rules come into effect

  A brand new ridesharing company is set to operate in British Columbia at least nine months before Uber and Lyft are even allowed to apply for new licences.

  Politics

  Jan 7, 2019