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Only a tiny percentage of people are left waiting longer than 20 minutes for a standard taxi in Saskatoon, a new city report says.

The report will be considered by city council Monday at the same meeting where council is expected to vote on a new bylaw to accommodate ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft.

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City of Saskatoon administration partnered with the Saskatchewan Taxi Cab Association (STCA) to study the market for taxis in Saskatoon from September 2017 to June 2018.

City hall and the STCA set a standard of a 10-minute wait time for regular taxis and a 15-minute wait for fully accessible cabs.

“The required data is not robust enough on its own to monitor the availability of licensed taxis to provide service, or to assess compliance with the requirement to provide service to any person,” the report says.

The data gathered from calls for taxis and meters during the 10 months says 81 per cent of standard taxis responded to calls within 10 minutes, while only two per cent took longer than 20 minutes.