It looks like Uber won91裸聊视频檛 be coming to Kelowna anytime soon.

After submitting its application to the Passenger Transportation Board in August 2020 to allow it to operate provincewide, Uber expected to be operational in the Central Okanagan by Christmas 2020.

However, complications due to the COVID-19 pandemic pushed that decision down the line. In April, the board put Uber91裸聊视频檚 application on hold pending an investigation of the 91裸聊视频渟ignificant impact91裸聊视频� of the COVID-19 pandemic on the passenger transportation industry, which could take up to six months.

91裸聊视频淭he investigator will provide a report to the board regarding whether there is a public need for the service proposed91裸聊视频� and whether the [application] may have any potential impacts on sound economic conditions in the passenger transportation industry given the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on the B.C. economy more broadly,91裸聊视频� reads the board91裸聊视频檚 April 20 preliminary decision.

Uber argued the investigation is not necessary because it would be 91裸聊视频渕oot91裸聊视频� by the time it was released.

Submissions to the board from B.C. taxi companies, including several with operations in the Okanagan, stated allowing Uber to begin its operations 91裸聊视频渄uring this health crisis is not in the public interest.91裸聊视频�

Uber, after a lengthy fight with the province, has been operating in the Vancouver area since early 2020.

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