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Taxi tariff changes

Wednesday, 3rd March, 2010

A special meeting of the Regulatory Functions Panel on Wednesday 3 March approved an amendment to taxi fare tariffs in the Stirling Council area.

Councillors agreed to revert the free waiting time back to 3 minutes, (as it had been prior to January 2010), and to reduce the tariff after the free waiting time to 20 pence per minute.

Following consultation and agreement between Stirling Council and the Stirling Taxi Association, the Regulatory Functions Panel on 1 October 2009 approved revised Taxi Fare Tariffs, which became effective from January 2010.

Due to practical issues with the calibration and operation of the taxi meters, this change has resulted in a higher overall taxi fare to customers than was intended.

Detailed advice has been sought from taxi meter providers and an appropriate solution reached in agreement  with the Stirling Taxi Association.

To prevent customers being charged more than had been intended, the waiting time element is to revert back to 3 minutes free of charge and t the tariff thereafter reduced from 60 pence per minute to 20 pence per minute.   This is comparable to taxi waiting times and tariffs used in other local authority areas.

This amendment will be publicly advertised prior to implementation, in accordance with legislation.