Taxi rides instead of HandyDart
From the Nanaimo Daily News: RDN recommends taxi rides for those who can’t access HandyDart.
To help Gabriola Islanders who have no access to the regional HandyDart system Regional District of Nanaimo staff recommend the Taxi Saver program be extended.
The lack of HandyDart service on Gabriola has become problematic for seniors and residents who face health challenges to get to much-needed health appointments, said Daniel Pearce, Nanaimo Regional Transit manager of transit and planning.
The Taxi Saver program is used throughout the province for those who would qualify to use HandyDart but there is no service available,Pearce said. [continue]
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4 Responses to “Taxi rides instead of HandyDart”
rick on 28 Jun 2012 at 8:14 pm #
Although this maybe a decent plan for a situation where there is more than ONE taxi, on Gabriola, the rest of the island will be WITHOUT taxi service while the single cab does the ‘taxi saver’ runs.
howard on 29 Jun 2012 at 2:36 pm #
rick the person who is in the program needs no special run the only change is who pays.They would be able to purchase 80dollars worth of rides for 40 dollars every 4 months .This will lessen the cost to people in need and the economic stimulus to the taxi could make for a positive out come for every one .
howard on 29 Jun 2012 at 7:03 pm #
hi
I just was called by the manager of transportation for the RDN stating that Daniel Pearce was miss quoted in the nanaimo daily news and will have a correction early next week
Gabriolan on 30 Jun 2012 at 10:08 pm #
Thanks, Howard. I’ll try to remember to watch for the correction.