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Kelowna city council has given its stamp of approval to a request by Sun Cabs to add a "fleet" of taxis to city streets.
The fleet is not really a fleet, it's a single cab, but council did agree to send a letter to the province supporting the application.
Sun Cabs recently applied to the Passenger Transportation Branch of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to add the new taxi service to the city.
City clerk Stephen Fleming said council has traditionally been supportive of anything that puts more cabs on the road.
"Some municipalities cap the number of cabs on the road. We've never done that," said Fleming.
While council unanimously gave its support, many councillors had some questions as to the process and the taxi industry in general.
Coun. Mohini Singh said the owner of one taxi company in town told her over the weekend of his concern over more cabs on the road.
Singh said she was told cabbies can wait for up to an hour during non-peak times to get a fare, adding if the cab is approved, free enterprise will "take care of itself."
"Part of the challenge is to have cabs on the road when we really need them," added Coun. Tracy Gray.
"I would like to add a line ... saying we would like them to utilize this during peak times when the need is greatest."
Coun. Brad Sieben said he believes the taxi industry must start working together to find solutions.
He said the two major companies, Kelowna Cabs and Checkmate Cabs, play what he calls a cat and mouse game, where one company applied for more licences and the other opposes it.
As an industry, he said, that's the way things seem to be done.
"I can honestly see there is competition in non-peak times. However, I would like to see the taxi industry come together and realize this is a changing market," said Sieben.
"Uber, Lift and the other ones are coming to town at some point. I know it has to get provincially regulated, but they need to start working together and thinking about their industry as a whole."
