The City of Ottawa is cracking down on drivers of wheelchair-accessible cabs who aren't always available for customers who need them. - Anthony Di Monte, GM, community and protective servicesCurrently, 191 of the taxis on Ottawa's roads — about 17 per cent of the fleet — are accessible, and the city has only issued accessible taxi licences over the past decade. The city began investigating in September why accessible taxis are often unavailable, according to Ottawa's chief bylaw officer, Roger Chapman. Those companies don't offer accessible service, but voluntarily pay seven cents per trip into a fund the city created to improve accessibility. Resident Grace McClelland-Crout says Ottawa's accessible transportation system compares poorly to accessible taxicabs and versions of Para Transpo in many other Canadian cities.

Source: CBC News March 21, 2019 18:25 UTC