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of taxis and hackneys for people with mobility, sensory and cognitive impairments. that there is adequate provision of taxi and hackney services that are: Accessible, Available, and Affordable. Specifically Transport Authority, DTTAS, Local Authorities, DECLG, Department of Finance and the Department of Social & Family Affairs. December 2011 was 1227 and the total active wheelchair accessible hackney’s is 3. That is 5.16% of the overall fleet. The NTA is committed to promoting an increase in the number of accessible vehicles and the standards of those vehicles. 1. Usage of Wheelchair Accessible Taxis. National Transport Authority A booking ‘contact centre’ will be piloted and evaluated, and will assist in gathering better information on Wheelchair Accessible Taxi (WAT) use, travel patterns and transport requirements; Further analysis of the optimum usage of WATs by dispatch operators will also be carried out; A website and smartphone application to facilitate self‐ordering of WATs will be developed. 2. Easier access to hackney market in rural areas. National Transport Authority Development of a new hackney licence which would facilitate entry to the hackney market in rural areas with identified public transport requirements. 3. Improved SPSV vehicle standards and National Transport Authority Short-Term Measures Revised age limit rules on taxi vehicles to encourage the movement to vehicles of 9-years or less
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