Well we had one, Pauline for the same reasons, but I seem to remember that
the cost was £95 a day, and the LEA paid! There were only two types of cabs
that could accommodate wheelchairs at that time.
Pat C
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pauline McInnes" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 9:46 AM
Subject: Taxis in London
Dear All,
I wonder if any of the London people can help with this one?
We have a student that needs to get to University by taxi, the cost of
the journey would be about £15 each way. We are having awful trouble
trying to find a company who will do this. The young man is a
wheelchair user, so needs an accessible taxi.
We had one company, but they keep failing to turn up. The controller
said that no one wants the job as its just not enough money.
We tried another who said the same thing, but said if they doubled the
price of the job, we would definitely get someone, great.
Dial a ride don't want to do permanent jobs and our local community bus
doesn't start operating until 9am which is the time this student needs
to be at Uni, if he wants to get to his classes on time.
We are based in Ealing, if anyone can help out with this it would be
much appreciated.
Regards
Pauline
Pauline McInnes
Disability Co-ordinator
Disability Team
Student Services
St Mary's Road
Ealing
London
W5 5RF
Tel: 0208 231 2058
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