Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council
Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council
9 Getting About The last PIP said: • people with a learning disability need to be able to get about to participate in the community. What have we done? • we have developed a monitoring system for taxi use to make sure we get value for money • a local authority best value review of transport has been undertaken by the planning and transportation department • support staff and Tayside Police help people travel safely on their own. What do you think? • it is important that people with disabilities are given the opportunity to get out and about. It makes them part of the community. Positive steps forward have been made with transport. Positive comments are made about police involvement, although some people question the value of road safety assessments. Some people could be encouraged and supported to travel independently and this could increase resources for others • the attitudes of bus and taxi drivers vary greatly. Many of them are very helpful, especially those who have regular contact with people who have learning disabilities. Awareness raising is required more routinely in these services. The taxi card voucher system is thought to be a very good scheme, but some drivers need to learn more about it. It would be helpful if the taxi card and bus pass systems could be linked, and information was more widely available about both schemes • concerns are expressed about the availability of wheelchair accessible taxis especially at peak times. The experience of lack of accessibility is also found with bus services, which seriously limits some people’s independence of travel PARTNERSHIP IN PRACTICE 2007-2010 25 9
9 • there is concern about the social stigma of some transport • transport arrangements to and from day care need to be improved. People are sitting on buses for too long while other passengers are collected. What improvements do we plan to make over the next three years? • we will establish a Transport sub group to take forward the work • we will look at ways in which we can promote independent travel • we will review how people use their mobility allowance • we will look into the best way to provide transport in day services • we will link with other local planning about transport • we will contribute to work to link bus and taxi operator licensing with disability awareness training and support that training when it takes place • we will promote the use of operators’ complaints systems when particular problems occur. 26 PARTNERSHIP IN PRACTICE 2007-2010
- Page 1 and 2: The Development of Services for Peo
- Page 3 and 4: The partners to this agreement are:
- Page 5 and 6: Introduction This is the third Part
- Page 7 and 8: 1 1. Involvement in planning the PI
- Page 9 and 10: 2 2. Taking Control and Standing Up
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9 Gett<strong>in</strong>g About<br />
The last PIP said:<br />
• people with a learn<strong>in</strong>g disability need to be able to get about to participate<br />
<strong>in</strong> the community.<br />
What have we done?<br />
• we have developed a monitor<strong>in</strong>g system for taxi use to make sure we get<br />
value for money<br />
• a local authority best value review of transport has been undertaken by the<br />
plann<strong>in</strong>g and transportation department<br />
• support staff and Tayside Police help people travel safely on their own.<br />
What do you th<strong>in</strong>k?<br />
• it is important that people with disabilities are given the opportunity to<br />
get out and about. It makes them part of the community. Positive steps<br />
forward have been made with transport. Positive comments are made<br />
about police <strong>in</strong>volvement, although some people question the value of road<br />
safety assessments. Some people could be encouraged and supported to<br />
travel <strong>in</strong>dependently and this could <strong>in</strong>crease resources for others<br />
• the attitudes of bus and taxi drivers vary greatly. Many of them are very<br />
helpful, especially those who have regular contact with people who have<br />
learn<strong>in</strong>g disabilities. Awareness rais<strong>in</strong>g is required more rout<strong>in</strong>ely <strong>in</strong> these<br />
services. The taxi card voucher system is thought to be a very good scheme,<br />
but some drivers need to learn more about it. It would be helpful if the taxi<br />
card and bus pass systems could be l<strong>in</strong>ked, and <strong>in</strong>formation was more widely<br />
available about both schemes<br />
• concerns are expressed about the availability of wheelchair accessible taxis<br />
especially at peak times. The experience of lack of accessibility is also found<br />
with bus services, which seriously limits some people’s <strong>in</strong>dependence of<br />
travel<br />
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