The mayor of Coquitlam, B.C., says he spent Monday evening trying to help a resident who uses a wheelchair find a ride home after being stranded at a restaurant for hours when an accessible taxi didn’t show up.
Richard Stewart said he spent hours on the phone with Bel-Air Taxi, the company the resident had called earlier that night.
The dispatcher told Stewart there were no wheelchair-accessible taxis on the road that evening.
“This company continues to not put its wheelchair cabs on the road,” he said.
He said not having a wheelchair-accessible taxi goes against licensing requirements.
According to the Ministry of Transportation, taxi company licences include a minimum number of wheelchair-accessible taxis that must be on
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