Transport for LondonTaxicard
What is Taxicard?
Taxicard is a door-to-door transport service for Londoners with serious mobility impairments and to whom public transport is not usually accessible.
Financed by the London boroughs and the Mayor of London, the scheme increases the independence and the mobility of disabled people by providing subsidised trips in licensed London taxis.
Taxicard is administered by the London Councils Transport and Environment Committee.
Top of pageWho is eligible?
You may be eligible if you:
- receive the higher rate mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance or the higher rate Attendance Allowance
- are registered blind
- receive the War Pension Mobility Component
You may still be eligible even if none of these apply to you:
- if your GP endorses your application
- you may have to have a mobility assessment
How does the subsidy work?
The scheme may vary slightly depending which borough you live in but generally Taxicard members pay a flat fare of £1.50 per trip.
Most boroughs subsidise trips to a maximum of:
- £10.30 during the day
- £11.30 at weekends
- £12.80 at night
For example
If a cardholder makes a weekday journey with a metered fare of £14.00, the payment would be:
- the member pays a minimum contribution of a £1.50 flat fare
- the maximum borough subsidy is £10.30
- the fare limit is £11.80
The member pays £2.20 in addition to the £1.50 flat fare, a total of £3.70.
For more information or an application form contact 020 7484 2929 or visit the website on http://www.taxicard.org.uk/
Top of pageTaxicard at a glance
The Taxicard Scheme is available to eligible older and disabled people in all London Boroughs.
In 2005/6:
- Taxicard provided 1.2m trips for 73,000 members
- The average total cost of a Taxicard journey was £13.74
- The actual fare paid by Taxicard members on average was £2.74 - almost an 80 per cent discount
In 2001/2 the Mayor of London invested £5m in Taxicard which has increased annually to £7.8m in 2005/6. During that time:
- Membership has increased annually by up to 18 per cent
- Over 30,000 new members have joined the scheme
- Trips made per year have more than doubled
- The average cost for Taxicard members using the scheme has fallen by over 20 per cent
- Taxicard gives older and disabled people the freedom to move around London
