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TappCar is racking up its exclusive contracts. It will be the only taxi-type company available at the Heritage Days Festival and already has deals with the Edmonton Eskimos and FC Edmonton.

At Bonnie Doon Mall, the previous taxi stand has been eliminated, replaced with a set of reserved TappCar stalls and a mobile dispatcher to walk customers through the process of ordering a ride online.

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It has traditional taxi cabs wondering – when is a taxi stand a taxi stand? Is what TappCar is doing legal?

“Fix the holes. Reduce the ambiguity,” said Coun. Mike Nickel, who gave notice Wednesday he will be asking council to support a review of the fledgling bylaw to give better definitions for everyone. Councillors Moe Banga and Dave Lokenalso signed the notice of motion.

The bylaw took effect March 1. Since then, taxi drivers and companies are alleging TappCar, regional taxis and others have been taking street hails and setting up from taxi stands. That was specifically forbidden in the current bylaw in an attempt to preserve a niche and allow the existing licensed cab companies to survive. They are the ones that still operating under a capped taxi plate system.