Kate Gifford, CTA Westminster Conference 2016
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Harbury e-wheels• Service provided by the car club for social
benefit• Providing transport to medical appointments
and delivering to food banks • Accepting referrals from social care agencies
and children's centres• Delivered more than 520 miles of free transport
in 2015/16• Community is set to lose much of bus network
at the end of 2016 – potential for car club and e-wheels to fill this gap?
E-wheels collecting for the food bank delivery
Wheelchair accessible car club vehicles• Britain’s first WAV in a car club provided by Bristol
Community Transport and Co-wheels in Bristol• BCT has been providing WAVs for 30 years but these are
only available through visiting the depot and collecting keys.
• Co-wheels online booking system makes the vehicle available in advance or up to 15 mins before use.
• Opportunities elsewhere for car clubs to work with CT providers?
Steve Bullock, a scheme member says “Wheelchair accessible vehicles have made a world of difference, it has enabled me to retain some independence and get to destinations that I could not on public transport, and using taxis would be too expensive.”
Demand responsive minibuses
• Slide– Shared travel-to-work service in Bristol– Aimed at reducing congestion– Community uses outside of the peak
periods?– Formalisation of informal ride sharing?
• BRIDJ– Operating in Boston and Kansas City– Opportunities for wider usage?
Future provision of community transport?
• Role of technology• Potential of sharing– UberPool?– Car clubs/ridesharing
• Mobility as a Service– Potential for social care and
other agencies to collaborate further to provide transport services?