Taxi Services
Winnipeg is served by several taxi companies, the three largest in order of size being Unicity, Duffy's and Spring Taxi. Fifty percent of Winnipeg residents can be expected to use a taxi at least once during the year. Both Unicity and Duffy's Taxi are co-ops where the individual participating co-op drivers own their own license and supply their own vehicle, while Spring Taxi owns a significant portion of its taxi fleet.
Unicity is a cooperative which collectively owns the assets of the Unicity dispatch or taxi call center, and it is the largest taxi operation in Winnipeg. Unicity Taxi was formed by three smaller companies in the mid 1970s — Moore's, Grosvenor and Yellow Taxi. The company has subsequently brought many smaller independent companies in to its fleet and now offers 165 cars as well as an ultra modern dispatching (DDS Pathfinder) and accounting(taxicharger)systems to serve its customers.
Duffy's taxi is a cooperative taxi firm that operates 154 vehicles, with a large call center that accepts approximately 2,800 calls per day. Duffy's Taxi was formed in the 50's as an amalgamation of the original and much smaller Duffy's Taxi with Vets Nash Taxi which was a cooperative of war veterans.
Spring Taxi is the newest and smallest centrally dispatched taxi company in Winnipeg, and the company owns 16 of the 32 Spring Taxi vehicles, with the remaining 16 being owner operated vehicles.
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