The B.C. Supreme Court has invalidated a bylaw passed by the City of Vancouver that imposed a fee on ride-hailing companies working on city streets during peak hours.

Uber Canada took the city to court over the bylaw, claiming it overstepped a municipal government’s power to regulate so-called “transportation network services.”

The bylaw prevented ride-share vehicles from picking up or dropping off passengers in the “Metro Vancouver core” between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. unless they had a “congestion and curbside management permit.”

Under the permit, the city levies a per-stop fee in the downtown core during the designated times. Since December 2003, that fee has been $0.25 for zero-emission vehicles and $0.50 for all other vehicles.

The provincial government made the Passenger Transportatio

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