Local transport companies may be a better alternative for service provision

Local transport companies may be a better alternative for service provision

The challenge for policymakers is to find a balance between the benefits of procurement and the retention of valuable local carriers. The taxi sector is at a crucial crossroads. For years…

Dutch cities are committed to sustainability with emission-free taxis

Dutch cities are committed to sustainability with emission-free taxis

The taxi industry's involvement in shaping this change has been crucial. Major changes are coming due to a proposal to adjust traffic regulations in favor of...

Criticism from practice: Roelof Veenbaas on the failing…

Criticism from practice: Roelof Veenbaas on the failing…

The need to look beyond cuts and the importance of listening to practical experiences. Roelof Veenbaas, an authority in the field of wheelchair research and mobility advice, has…

transport

Special transport taxi drivers deserve our praise

They maneuver in a system that is sometimes not optimally set up and deserve recognition and appreciation for their efforts. The criticism of transport for special education and Valys, the…

New regional taxi tender launched in the province of Utrecht

New regional taxi tender launched in the province of Utrecht

Student transport is also being put out to tender and the award of the transport will take place in the summer of 2023. Thanks to the Regiotaxi, people with a mobile disability can still use public transport…

Dennis Wiersma wants to halve the travel time for student transport

Dennis Wiersma wants to halve the travel time for student transport

Maximum travel time for student transport must be reduced to a maximum of 45 minutes. Dennis Wiersma, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, has already indicated several times that he will…

Forseti: a great time to integrate target group transport and public transport

Forseti: a great time to integrate target group transport and public transport

For Forseti it is a good moment to better integrate target group transport and public transport. Firstly, because, according to Forseti, the state is in charge and public transport companies are in charge…

mutas

Obstacles should not stand in the way of Mutas further

Based on a government contract, Platform Booqit has developed the software for the operational and financial handling of the rides that service provider Mutas organizes in the context of the…

West Kruiskade Rotterdam

Target group transport Trevvel Samen does not operate on Sunday

Due to the weather forecast, the KNMI has issued a code red for Sunday. The Municipality of Rotterdam has therefore decided to stop target group transport on Sunday, February 7. Trevvel Samen rides on Sunday…

Target group transport slowly creeps out of the deep valley

Target group transport slowly creeps out of the deep valley

The Eindhoven-based Censys BV knows better than anyone how bad things are in terms of numbers in the taxi sector. Every day, graphs show what is happening in the sector and what…

Call for VNG and Rijk for continuity of target group transport

Call for VNG and Rijk for continuity of target group transport

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Dutch Female” buttontext=”read out”] Now that the lockdown is being further relaxed, more and more target group transport is starting again. However, it has not yet reached the point where it can be stopped completely...

Municipalities responsible for target group transport

Municipalities responsible for target group transport

[responsivevoice_button voice=”Dutch Female” buttontext=”read out”] Sudden decline in income has direct consequences for solvency and therefore for the continuity of carriers in the future. This creates the danger…