Updated 06:28 PM Aug 23, 2012
SINGAPORE - Taxi operator SMRT will be awarded a S$3.1 million
grant to operate 30 taxis that can accommodate larger and high-back
motorised wheelchairs used by persons with disabilities and the elderly.
The first batch of 15 wheelchair accessible taxis is expected to be on the road by March 2013, before the phasing out of the existing London Cabs.
The full fleet of 30 will be operational by August next year.
In May this year, the Ministry of Community Development Youth and Sports (MCYS) had invited taxi operators to apply for the Wheelchair Accessible Taxi Grant.
Three operators submitted proposals.
An evaluation panel chaired by the MCYS, and comprising representatives from the public, people and private sectors, assessed the applications.
Operators were assessed on criteria such as the ability of the vehicles to accommodate different types of wheelchairs and service standards. For examples, the required booking time and availability for booking by wheelchair users, pricing of the fare, as well as the grant sought to operate the fleet of taxis.
The first batch of 15 wheelchair accessible taxis is expected to be on the road by March 2013, before the phasing out of the existing London Cabs.
The full fleet of 30 will be operational by August next year.
In May this year, the Ministry of Community Development Youth and Sports (MCYS) had invited taxi operators to apply for the Wheelchair Accessible Taxi Grant.
Three operators submitted proposals.
An evaluation panel chaired by the MCYS, and comprising representatives from the public, people and private sectors, assessed the applications.
Operators were assessed on criteria such as the ability of the vehicles to accommodate different types of wheelchairs and service standards. For examples, the required booking time and availability for booking by wheelchair users, pricing of the fare, as well as the grant sought to operate the fleet of taxis.
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PS:
Won't it be better that if all taxis are big enough to let the wheelchair in?
Thus there will be lesser reasons for cabbies to refuse picking ip them.
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