&gt; <i>The perpetual owners of taxi plates, about 5800 people, will receive a $20,000 payment for the plate. Multiple plate owners will receive a maximum of $40,000.</i><p>&gt; <i>Both taxi and Uber drivers will also have to pay the government a $1 levy per trip for a maximum of five years to fund the compensation package.</i><p>So, &quot;here&#x27;s $20k, now start paying us back&quot;?<p>I wonder how long it takes to accrue 20k rides in a taxi.