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Life & fun · December 14, 2015

The Ride

The Ride is an all-in-one taxi & transit app for Canadians.

The Ride launched on December 14, 2015 with 9 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

Visit gettherideapp.com ↗The Ride alternatives

What it does

It was a heckuva run, but after three years, we at CellWand are shutting down our mobile app, The Ride. To our almost 100,000 users over the last three years, we appreciate your loyalty and usage but January 2019 will be The Ride’s last stop. With a sustained level of low price competition, the cost of user acquisition remaining high and continued challenges within the transportation ecosystem, we no longer see a profitable light at the end of the tunnel. To those who worked with us on the service over the years, we tip our hat and offer our sincere thanks. It’s not all bad news though. Our other realization in 2018 has been that our flagship service, #TAXI (#8294 on you mobile), remains…from gettherideapp.com

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