Coquitlam mayor speaks out after resident stranded while waiting for wheelchair-accessible taxi

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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