People with disabilities left feeling ‘helpless’ and ‘humiliated’ after trying to access subsidised taxi fares

“In terms of Victoria, it seems like people with disability are seen as a problem that the taxi industry would prefer not to deal with,” he says.

“We just want to live our lives — they have to provide services to people with disabilities.”

Mr O’Malley is planning to make a complaint to VCAT and Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria (now known as Safe Transport Victoria).

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Topics:
Transport

Author:
Matilda Marozzi

Source:
ABC Radio Melbourne

Date published:
Tue 18th Oct, 2022