Quebec Superior Court has lifted the injunction banning any noise from La Tulipe, the longtime venue on Papineau that was abruptly closed down in September last year. But the organization that had been running events there clearly knows this is not the end of the story.
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Kate
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Kate
As people want to move around a city with no transit, Uber prices are rising.
Téo Taxi is also getting a lot of calls.
dhomas
Can I say this here? FUCK Uber (and Lyft). These assholes don’t pay their employees a living wage because they don’t consider them employees. After you take into account the wear and tear on your vehicle, I’m pretty sure Uber drivers make less than minimum wage. In addition to that shittiness, all the revenue Uber generates gets funnelled to the US and ultimately to a tax haven. Other than the peanuts the drivers pay in taxes, nothing Uber does gets reinvested into the local economy.
They lured everyone in with their low prices and coupons when they first started here (it also helped that Taxi service was pretty shit at the time, too), but once they became ubiquitous those coupons disappeared. Now, they are the de facto vehicle-for-hire service and they can name their price.
I might not like PKP (Téo’s owner), but at least Téo pays their drivers and they get all the benefits of actual employees. Like Uber, they also have GPS tracked vehicles with app-based payments (though you can also hail them as a traditional taxi and pay cash). Unlike Uber, they can actually (legally) take reserved Taxi lanes, like the one going to the airport. Surge pricing is also not a thing with Taxis. It costs a little more for a taxi when Uber is not in surge pricing, but at least the price is consistent. Finally, the money made by Téo stays local, in Quebec.
I think it’s high time we disrupt these “disruptors”.
Ian
Disruption seems to be shorthand for tax evasion so far.
Joey
And burning VC money to buy market share before turning the service into garbage.
Did they change the law to allow ride shares in reserved lanes recently? I’ve seen a lot lately on Parc during rush hour.
Ian
I didn’t realize that was even in the works. There are some rideshare lanes on the highways like the 20.
I’ve been setting up informal carpools with colleagues for a few years now, and there are certainly more people interested when the STM is on strike.steph
the taxi lanes (on the 20 to the airport) cannot be used by Uber.
Ian
Oh, interestijg. It’s nto clear on the signs, I had no idea. I suppose all those audis, beemers and teslas shouldn’t be there either haha
MarcG
Yeah the signage sucks. I had to look it up online to see if a Communauto was allowed to use it (nope). But really there doesn’t seem to be any enforcement because that lane is 90% assholes 100% of the time.
Ian
Yeah I’ve seen cops actually in that lane, ignoring drivers that clearly didn’t belong there. One more reason I don’t think reserved lanes are an actual solution to anything.
dhomas
Yeah, I often see non-taxis taking those reserved lanes which is why I added the ‘legally’ bit. I actually use the other carpool lanes (2 or 3 passengers) quite often with my family of 5 (sometimes 6, with the mother-in-law). I live close to the 25, so there is a TON of additional traffic on Sherbrooke due to the tunnel construction (a real “traffic nightmare”, you could say /s). I will sometimes bring 2 of my kids with me to travel on Sherbrooke, just to benefit from the reserved lane. 😀
@Joey: don’t get me started on “ride shares”. Who are Uber users sharing their rides with? Their driver?
Ian
Since they’re not taxis, technically, yes. 2 occupants = rideshare according to the 2 occupants lane sign, they don’t specify commercial vs non commercial.
MarcG
The signs on the 20 indicate minimum 3 passengers. 2 people seems like a pretty low bar, what street does that happen on?
Ian
I stand corrected, 3 people. I was simply misremembering.
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Kate
With no public transit Saturday, sports matches and cultural events may find their audiences a bit thin.
CityNews lists the sports events that will still proceed.
Later, I knew that the CFL Eastern Conference was starting because I saw two CF‑18s cutting across the sky just before 2.
JP
Yup, not going to my fitness class in St Henri…sure, there are probably places near me in Cartierville but not any that I care to go to or enjoy.
EmilyG
I already missed out on going to a Fringe Festival show I wanted to go to, back in June, because of the strike. (I had already bought a ticket, and didn’t try to get a refund, so at least they still got the money. But still, it was a bummer.)
I know people who work in the cultural sector, and I feel bad for them because of the effects the strike will have on them.Blork
In contrast, RTL buses in Longueuil are free tomorrow (Sunday) to ensure people can get to the polls.
Kate
In town, polling stations are arranged so any able-bodied person should be able to walk to theirs. Is this not true in the suburbs?
Blork
`¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don’t know. My polling station is within walking distance, but my neighborhood is fairly dense. I suppose some areas are more spread out, so maybe not always walking distance? Frankly I think it’s more of a gesture than a useful incentive. But hey, free transit for a day!
Ian
It is a nice gesture.
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Kate
Radio-Canada looks at three of the more obscure mayoral candidates in Montreal.
The Gazette on the promises made by the more plausible candidates.
The Journal finds people still undecided on the eve of the election.
Le Devoir on interesting standoffs in different parts of town. I find these are “interesting” for the disinterested observer, but no joke if you happen to live in any of those areas.
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Kate
Christopher Curtis in the Rover on homelessness and poverty and the apparent inability of authorities to solve them.
Ian
That’s pretty dark. I respect the reporting and the facts, but let’s at least try to suggest a way out. There must be something between revolution and despair.
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