TAXI SERVICE
It’s
hard for folks to enjoy a “night out”
in the Sackville area:
Maybe you want to see the band playing at Terris Bar,
or try to win a big
cash prize in Karaoke Idol at Coach’s Pub;
or join in the Dart
League at Calais
Legion;
Monte’s isn’t that far away if you are drving;
and Oakmount Station is so close,
that it is almost part
of Sackville.
How will you get there?
Will there be drinking involved?
How will you get home?
Here’s what you may have already
experienced in Sackville:
You call for a Taxi, anticipating a short
wait, and a safe trip home:
and you wait, and
wait, and wait, and you may give up after an hour.
Maybe you aren’t over the legal limit, but
you can’t be sure,
and you know you
shouldn’t drive, but you have been waiting for an hour,
and your car is
right there in the parking lot…..
I remember taking a Taxi regularly to
Terris. The meter indicated less than $7 for the cab ride there,
but I might as
well round up to $10 and hope that the taxi driver remembers my tip at closing
time.
Now it
is 1AM, and soon the bar will be closing.
You call ahead so you are not standing out in the cold waiting for a Taxi…
And then, it is
How many Taxi licenses do we have in
Sackville? 10? 100? 200?
And how many are driving on a Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
night? 2, 3, 4?
There are more drinking establishments in
Sackville, than there are taxis on the road.
How is everyone getting home? Obviously, they
are not taking Taxis ….
I would hope that Taxi
drivers, who make a living by driving,
would be concerned about the potential to lose customers!
But the numbers are still
the same, way less than the demand.
What are the alternatives? Drive anyway? NOT
RECOMMENDED!
Besides the potential for getting caught by
the RCMP,
what about your safety, and that of others?
Councilor Stephen Adams (District 18)
is also the Chairman of the Taxi
and Limousine Advisory Committee
EMail: [email protected]
Perhaps you don’t own a vehicle. You could
take Metro Transit.
You could call a *SOBER* friend.
(I’d be
happy to donate $10 to a friend for gas money)
Casino Taxi in
In Sackville, we have to use a local TAXI, of
which we have difficulty getting.
If you agree that a real TAXI SERVICE is necessary,
and don’t want to see
impaired drivers on the road,
take a stand, and force better service for us all.
Join the Facebook Group 'Sackville "Taxi Service" is an Oxymoron!'
Getting
home from Doolys, Coachs, and Terris by
Metro Transit:
If you can walk from
#
80 Bus leaves Downsview Mall Bus Stop
FRI:
SAT:
(These are approximate times, a few
minutes early)
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