oh no, taxicard!

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This was my lifeline, letting me get out the odd time shopping etc.. and now i get a letter saying its being cut back!
ok, from 120 trips a year to 104... thats not too bad..
but they are cutting £2 off the max subsidy
and making the min contribution £2.50 instead of £1.50
and stopping double swiping!
This is going to make it useless to me, as everywhere i could go costs more than a single swipe, without taking into account the extra min payment and lower subsidy!
and i live in a borough that allows you either a blue badge or a freedom pass, so i cannot even get out with one of those(when there is somebody to come with me, drop me off at the station etc).
What now?:mad:
ok, from 120 trips a year to 104... thats not too bad..
but they are cutting £2 off the max subsidy
and making the min contribution £2.50 instead of £1.50
and stopping double swiping!
This is going to make it useless to me, as everywhere i could go costs more than a single swipe, without taking into account the extra min payment and lower subsidy!
and i live in a borough that allows you either a blue badge or a freedom pass, so i cannot even get out with one of those(when there is somebody to come with me, drop me off at the station etc).
What now?:mad:
Ok, ok, i need to go back onto Weightwatchers, lost 7 stone..... 2 back on, this has to change.....Help!!!:eek:
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order your shopping online and have it delivered instead?
reduce the number of trips and lower your carbon footprint?
I use taxicard to travel to my hospital appointments, which was great as it reduced the cost of a round trip to hospital to a little under £15. Now that they have ended double swiping and changed the subsidy it is going to cost me £30 to £40 each trip to hospital.:(
I just don't understand the logic of disallowing double swiping. What does it matter to them whether I make a weekly short journey (that I don't need) or a fortnightly twice as long journey that actually gets me to the hospital. I would much rather have a greatly reduced quota of trips but be allowed to use them more freely.
P.S. For those who don't know what Taxicard is, it is a transport scheme in London that offers a subsidy on a certain number of taxi journeys booked through Comcab for people with severe mobility problems who can't use other transport.
It's a London thing.
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They have it here too. I'm in the north-east of Scotland.
Yes they do. I asked about it on here, adn was warned that they take you when they feel like it (ie, a few hours before your appointment) and not when your appointment actually is.
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