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'_ licensing” of: luxury’ vehicles

9 - Sunday, March 31, 1985 - North Shore News

shore cabs
fight for airport

NORTH SHORE taxi companies were among the

. supporters pushing for open competition in the

Lower Mainiand taxi industry at public hearings
held by the Motor Carrier Commission (McC)

during the week.

The hearings were held to
hear submissions dealing

_ with” ground ‘transportation

services at Vancouver Inter-

national Airport.

Richard Hughes, owner of

‘Sunshine Cabs, ‘told the
-MCC ‘on behalf of his com-

pany and the Association of
Luxury Transportation Op-
erators' (ALTO) that the

group. ‘advocates the licens-:
-ing of four,: five andseven
‘passenger -luxury: vehicles to:

be available on standby at
the airport.
Currently, a . Vancouver

restricts . the

irport. to seven or

er vehicles on-

By JOANNE MacDONALD

added ALTO would recom-
“mend the rate for seven pas-
senger limousines be 10 per
cent higher than the four to
five passeager limousine
rate.

In a tater interview,
Hughes said the main pro-
blem ALTO faces is the
reluctance of the Vancouver
Taxi Owners Association
(VTOA) to allow competi-
tion.

“It’s a born-again cartel.

They all say they have no

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objections to seven passen-
ger limousines and we say,
‘no wonder.’ There's
precious little call for them.
The lines are clearly drawn.
The VTOA wants to en-
trench a monopoly. They're
flying in the face of the
economic trends in this
country,’’ said Hughes.
“What we’re saying is give
the public what it wants, five
and seven passenger
limousines. Let: the con-
sumer be the regulator and

let them decide which cabs~

to use.”
Meanwhile, Garry Cor-
rigan, Operations .Manager

‘for North Shore Taxi, said. 4

his company favors open
competition throughout the
Low.r Mainland, not just
the airport.

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“When we're out at the
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customers part of the way
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Shore as we've always done.
We don’t plan to locate
them. at the airport and
Operate exclusively from
there,”’ said Corrigan.

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