The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

m7 , "W, if a, , , f a, ,V,7, ,, ,, , y a i ° 5 WATElemm'Wednushy.Auoms.mlS-IS 1 I l . i: o o i te 111 ll elf ame i 1 O O C D Q 1 Waterloo Taxi continues to innovate as changes come to tax: industry t BYBOIVIMNAC ‘ 'â€"-.q 7,” .~!‘ ~"' .‘ i Chronicle Sta/I F' q“, i ' ' ' i it v A â€"~â€"~b my fthere's one thing that has ' ' ”y «- .' ’ l I come from all the controversy surrounding ride sharing serv- “ ‘ ices like UbGL it's that the local laid \ k _, v industry is stepping up its game _ _ A, '- a 1 Leading that charge is Waterloo a: if ”M; - u y i , ‘ Taxi, which will be celebrating 70 ' ‘ k ‘ ‘ ' ’ i- i i \ years of operation in the fall. Peter â€"-- ‘ ._ ,.‘ J j l _ t“ Q Neufeld. president of Waterloo Taxi " a c . and past president of the Waterloo 4 I“ ,, ; 41‘s" ‘v" “ " -" ' y ”_ 5,17?” - -' f "k Region Taxi Association, who said 7: Mary-“V“ ‘ ‘\» .\ ,.-‘ if. i a t ‘ it's a fallacy to say they haven't " ”j ‘ ' ‘ f, i; _, ‘ ’ fl ' been innosating with the times. A i t as" . a“ i. a" “ f . While llber seems to be getting ,.. “Wm" ' \ J ‘ ' "a all the attention. Neufeld said the " " "y ‘ .. " l taxi industry itself IS undergoing a - l " , technological transformation with w Q modern computer dispatch sys~ .v ‘ tems and in»cat cameras that pro, ' ‘ t tect both the passengers and the ‘ driver front unwarranted claims. "We understand the technology , a, my" A . is turning and we are innovating ' a“ with it.’ said Neuteld, "It's logical , ' ' ' . for us to take this mad because "71:- mth what‘s happened, we need to "i, ti: A}; ' step up" , £5»? ' ....'_' . ' I They‘re taking it to the next ,â€" â€":'=_fi§« ‘ d; f 3 level in August With the hunt h of a s. “4. _ ' _ -, ‘ new Waterloo laxi app that will ' ‘ allow people to hail a ride, "at k ll. ‘s' a» \ text and talk to the drivers and pay {. . ‘ with a full range of payment t?) A 1 options Int hitting t redit card and Sam Mavarani, system manager of Waterloo Taxi. and Peter Mouton. president of Waterloo Taxi. are launching a new user friendly app for the local tax- ‘ PayPal ten/ice that will allow clients to book, track and pay for the service through their mnphone. um mw _ “Say if you have to send your kid somewhere and you have to instrumental in its development Mavarani, ‘The customer can five accessible vehicles for anyone left something behind or forgot pay with a credit card the app Will and said it is an intuitive experi- communicate directly with the car. needing wheelchair access. something'm thetaxi. have that convenience and your once that will let the client do and it will come up on the driver's “It is extremely user friendly "We will know who got Ili who 1 child will be driving with a proper everything from prevboolting pick screen and eliminate any issues." and very simple to use.’ said booked it and where they are,’ said ly insured driver." said Neufeld ups tip to a month in advance to It will also let passengers esti- Mavarani, "You contact us through Mavarani. "lhey will he licensed. trained and tracking the status of their taxi. mate the cost of the trip if they the app and the car will get there "Say you forgot your sunglasses, With all the modern amenities " [hey can even readiust pickups biota/their exact destination. right away. it's all integrated with you say here's my trip If). and you fhe hooking app is ready to he and tell the driver if they have lug- In other words. Neufeld said it the dispatch system, It will go can find them like that“ said rolled out for phones with Android gage or if there is a specific dries everything that ”her promis- straight to our digital dispatching Neufeld. “It will definitely mean a operating systems. with tweaks entrante they're at es to do, except you have the secur system.’ lot less things will end tip in our heingtomplt-ted for il’hones "You ( an tell them that you're at my of an insured and licensed Fat-h trip will get a specific trip lost and found' Ham N1ilvafilllL system manag the front door or at the back door driver and access to a fleet of 9! identification code so the client I‘m more information about the t'l‘ Wllh Waterloo laxi has been and to inst hold on a second.’ said vehicles at Waterloo Taxi. including can track down the operator ifthey new app. visit waterlootaxi ( .t 1 Your picture could be chem or 3,123" gym-dorm“) I'M E 5“ one oftho l) winnln pictures WW ”awn. mm A ‘ to “fainted In our Shy Permit , it 1 ‘ i’ (m(1”" 7” . '. "as DUI" 10:51 on School Your Calondor. g . t u 50“; um m. l K‘D i â€"! Send us a hand drawn coloured \ (llie ’ ‘ Mm _ ‘ i t Ono-“try M picture of your favourite thing â€"- to do (remember the different _ " ‘ ’ CM“ ms: i G l GI l 00h". reasons.) i ' nu.u~Mm~--hudtuâ€" ; it your art supp its out chitin . ~---t~..~~m~--~_== t it ». . In. . ‘.' . .. ~.“ h-htddh? ”mp-”71m! ”I, W wwwmm will“ ' ' “ ‘~4 ‘~ ‘ “ ‘ “hfl’fi‘u ‘ l .. “A, “y“ “L.“iwhw ,_____;__.__;_I_;,,' w“ ‘ Mm-M-“h‘ ' J 7 _< _ .__,A_b_â€",â€"~ A _ A“;