Wood Buffalo's Chief Taxi Inspector is asking drivers put the brakes on plans for yet another sector-wide strike.

Phil Walding says Bylaw Services and the recently formed Taxi Advisory Committee are working to address the industry's concerns. In December, the committee developed a list of changes that cabbies want to make to the Vehicle for Hire Bylaw that went into effect at the beginning of October. However, the troubled bylaw can't be re-written at the pace driver's are demanding.

"To think that there's some magic bean that we can all, you know, put in the ground and grow that's going to create a solution in a day to a problem that's really been going on in the Municipality for years, I think is expecting too much," says Walding.

Municipal Council reversed the meter rate increase that started in October, but drivers are now pushing back against elevated fees, such as a licence that now costs $1000 compared to $150. Last year, RMWB administration pushed the bylaw amendment on to the agenda because of the impact it was having on daily business. Walding says, that's not going to happen with other amendments.

"The issues surrounding the meters was dealt with in a fairly swift manner, given the urgency of that," says Walding. "I think perhaps that they're not realizing that due process with the municipal bylaw is not something that you can do overnight."

Cabbies will meet this afternoon to decide whether they'll walk away from the wheel this Sunday. The Taxi Advisory is gathering Feb. 4 to discuss another 12 concerns from the sector that may be considered for council.