CALLING ALL PRIVATE ACCESS-IONIQ 5 EV


PRIVATE HIRE LOW RIDER WITH MORE ACCESS


Article by Car n Cab Care www.carandcab.co.uk


Introducing our new one hundred per cent electric ‘accessible friendly’ private hire vehicle that promotes transport access for people with all types of disabilities


This private hire vehicle not only assists with the daily needs of your passengers but also meets the government’s zero-emission standards.


Earlier this year we instructed LVSA (transport survey specialists) to carry out a public survey to gain a better understanding of what the personal daily transport needs are for disabled people living in the Wirral Borough Council area.


Fifty-five people from various groups took part in the survey; twenty-six people were wheelchair users whilst the other twenty-nine people were either elderly, ambulant disabled, had walking difficulties, were cancer patients or were partially sighted or blind.


The survey showed that all fifty-five people would like to have access to a wider variety of plated licensed vehicles to assist or complement the public hire industry and that low rider vehicles are needed for this purpose.


This response reflects the results of surveys already completed in other areas across the country and clearly shows that access to disability-friendly transport is a growing problem nationwide.


The fact is that since 2020 there has been a massive 48 per cent decline in the availability of licensed hackney carriages in the Wirral.


22 NOVEMBER 2023 PHTM


In 2021 Car ‘n’ Cab Care Ltd, an established taxi vehicle supplier based in the Wirral, reached out to both the local trade and to members of the public for further feedback and was told that people with any form of disability or mobility issues were waiting up to two hours to get a taxi that meets their needs.


Unfortunately, Wirral Council will not license the public hire version of the electric vehicle - Taxioniq 5 - as a hackney carriage; even though it is already plated by Sefton and Halton councils as both these councils have a mixed fleet policy.


All of the people surveyed in Wirral stated that they would prefer to have more vehicle options not less in an industry that is moving more towards the private hire trade.


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