Newport City Council: Please remember the students!
Newport's city centre is proudly displaying posters advertising it as a great city for study, but on Tuesday Councillors are discussing a proposal from the taxi firms to raise the cost of a fare, by increasing the initial charge on the meter to £3, reducing the distance that the initial charge covers from 1200 yards to 600 yards and reducing the distance before the fare goes up each time from every 116 yards to every 112 yards. 'Night' times would also be extended to earlier and later than usual as well as the times considered 'Christmas' and 'New Year's' - where fares are allowed to be doubled, they've also asked for fares at these times to be doubled again.
We believe that taxi fares are high enough already, and that further increases will hit students hard, especially without extensions to the bus service.
Students need taxis to travel for their coursework, travel to and from a night out which brings vital cash into the city centre, and to access local services such as the hospital, and when working on public shows and exhibitions at the Riverfront and other public places that bring culture out of the University and into the city. Vitally, many disabled students rely on the taxi services to access their education and rises will affect the costs of providing this service for them.
We hope you will add your name to this petition, to be presented to the Council to ensure that students' needs are taken into consideration when discussing increases in the cost of travel!
The Argus article can be found here:
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/8202824.Hackney_cab_fares_could_go_up_in_Newport/
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 8, 2010
June 7, 2010
The local council is preparing to review these proposed fare increases during their upcoming session. I am currently compiling your concerns to ensure they are presented during the public consultation phase.
Reached 100 supporters
June 7, 2010
6 Comments
Total joke. They want to encourage students to live here but then price us out of the city centre. Do better.
Living off a student loan is hard enough as it is. We dont need taxi drivers hitting us with these costs just to get home safely at night.
Already paying enough for uni as it is. Dont make it impossible for us to move around.
Seriously? Doubling the fares at christmas is just greedy. Leave it alone.
Think about the safety aspect! If taxis are too expensive students will just walk home alone at night which is a massive risk. Dont be stupid.
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Newport City Council: Please remember the students!
Newport's city centre is proudly displaying posters advertising it as a great city for study, but on Tuesday Councillors are discussing a proposal from the taxi firms to raise the cost of a fare, by increasing the initial charge on the meter to £3, reducing the distance that the initial charge covers from 1200 yards to 600 yards and reducing the distance before the fare goes up each time from every 116 yards to every 112 yards. 'Night' times would also be extended to earlier and later than usual as well as the times considered 'Christmas' and 'New Year's' - where fares are allowed to be doubled, they've also asked for fares at these times to be doubled again.
We believe that taxi fares are high enough already, and that further increases will hit students hard, especially without extensions to the bus service.
Students need taxis to travel for their coursework, travel to and from a night out which brings vital cash into the city centre, and to access local services such as the hospital, and when working on public shows and exhibitions at the Riverfront and other public places that bring culture out of the University and into the city. Vitally, many disabled students rely on the taxi services to access their education and rises will affect the costs of providing this service for them.
We hope you will add your name to this petition, to be presented to the Council to ensure that students' needs are taken into consideration when discussing increases in the cost of travel!
The Argus article can be found here:
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/8202824.Hackney_cab_fares_could_go_up_in_Newport/
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 8, 2010
June 7, 2010
The local council is preparing to review these proposed fare increases during their upcoming session. I am currently compiling your concerns to ensure they are presented during the public consultation phase.
Reached 100 supporters
June 7, 2010
6 Comments
No way. Keep the old rates.
Total joke. They want to encourage students to live here but then price us out of the city centre. Do better.
Living off a student loan is hard enough as it is. We dont need taxi drivers hitting us with these costs just to get home safely at night.
Already paying enough for uni as it is. Dont make it impossible for us to move around.
Seriously? Doubling the fares at christmas is just greedy. Leave it alone.
Think about the safety aspect! If taxis are too expensive students will just walk home alone at night which is a massive risk. Dont be stupid.
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No way. Keep the old rates.