Community and Rural Transport

A number of potential solutions to rural transport / community transport issues were identified:

• Funding new vehicles
• Offering a booking service for community transport groups
• Education and information
• Volunteer drivier training
• Setting up an innovation fund
• Funding struggling schemes
• Taxi clustering schemes

Additional funding was provided to a range of community transport groups during 2006/2007 and support to WACA for minibus driver training was provided. 

A more detailed assessment will need to be initiated in response to the £50 000 innovation fund.