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[email protected] · October 4th 15, 08:45 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

On 2015-10-04 09:36:06 +0000, tim..... said:

And one issue here is the problem of disability access. If all
"ply for hire" cabs have to conform with the disability act and
provide equal access, then all "contract hire" cabs should as well.
This is one area where Uber is deficient that he should be MADE to
comply with.

I still don't agree with this - it causes larger, more polluting
vehicles to be driven around with one person and a small bag in them
much of the time. There must be a better, more effective way of
providing roughly the same level of service to those requiring it
without having *all* cars, whether plying for hire or pre-bookable,
needing to be wasteful massive behemoths when a Daewoo Matiz, Suzuki
Wagon etc would be perfectly adequate.

Actually, having said that, I noticed on a few recent trips to
Bracknell that their hackney carriage fleet consists largely of
Citroen Berlingos, Renault Kangoos, Fiat Doblos etc - cars derived
from small light vans which are wheelchair accessible while remaining
of a manageable size. Perhaps those would make more sense than the
massive behemoths?

Especially as there are some people to whom black cabs are NOT accessible.

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Colin Rosenstiel