Sussex wrote:
toots wrote:
There isn't a council with 100% WAV fleet is there because all councils have PH and they aren't WAV well most of them aren't. I personally don't like them so I cannot be alone in this surely there must be others who don't like to travel in them, there has to be a happy medium for everybody
There is no way this government or any other government will insist on a 100% PH WAV policy. Anyone who suggest this is scaremongering.
It will not happen.
I am sorry Mr Sussex.... but speaking for myself and considering we only have nine weeks to reply to this
final consultation I personally am not going to ignore it. just for the sake of stating my view.
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What is the problem under consideration? Why is government intervention necessary?
This impact assessment relates to the need to improve access to licensed taxis to improve equality of opportunity for disabled people. Recently, a number of local authorities have implemented an accessible taxi policy. However, many authorities have not done so and, at the time of writing, only around 50 per cent of the national licensed taxi parc could be described as being wheelchair accessible. In one-third of taxi licencing authorities, less than 10 per cent of taxis are wheelchair accessible, whilst 16 authorities have none at all. Accessibility levels for other disabled people vary greatly.
What are the policy objectives and the intended effects?
The objective of this policy is to improve access to taxis in the GB taxi fleet, in line with the overarching objectives of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and Government commitments to improve access to jobs, services and social networks. Recent court cases have highlighted the contestability of local authority policies that require a proportion of a taxi fleet to be wheelchair accessible. Therefore, the effect of any regulation in this area, using powers in the DDA, would be to require compliance with accessibility standard for the whole taxi fleet in a licencing authority area
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