Tony Elzayat remembers when he, his spouse and friends tried to get a cab one evening in downtown Fredericton last November but all their phone calls went unanswered.

This frustration led Elzayat to start a new ride-sharing service, Easy Services, that launches today in the Fredericton and Oromocto areas.

“We had to walk home in minus 20 degrees, and that was the fire that started this,” Elzayat said.

“We said, ‘We’re human beings, and we refuse to be treated like animals, and the only way we can solve it is to do it ourselves.’”

The app created by Elzayat is called Easy Customer but there are three services offered within the Easy brand: Easy Cab, Easy Senior Services and Easy Deliveries.

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