Aylesbury Vale District Council continues to offer taxi tokens as an alternative to a bus pass, if you are physically unable to use a bus service or live in a parish listed in the information document below.
You can apply for travel tokens if you have reached the qualifying age for state pension credit, (refer to the eligibility chart in the information sheet below), or if you have a disability.
£90 worth of tokens can be purchased for £5, for use from 1 April 2011 until 31 March 2012. If you apply later in the year £45 of tokens can be purchased for £2, from 1 October 2011 until 31 March 2012.
We will ask you for proof of eligibility and residency. You can apply for Taxi tokens by filling in the downloadable form below. You must apply in person and take the application form, proof of eligibility and residency to one of the council offices in Aylesbury, Winslow or Buckingham.
Eligibility
You are eligible for taxi tokens
- The travel tokens are available to residents of Aylesbury Vale District Council who are in receipt of a state pension or refer to the downloadable eligibility chart document below. (Proof of your age, state pension and address is required).
- Live in a parish with a restricted bus service (see downloadable information sheet for details below)
- If you cannot use buses because of disability or frailty - either because you are unable to board a bus or because you are unable to walk to or from the bus stop at either end of the journey.
Only certain groups of people are eligible for taxi tokens on a disability basis. A medical certificate or registration document will be required, and these are listed below:
- In receipt of a blue badge
- In receipt of the higher rate DLA
- Blind or partially sighted
- Profoundly or severely deaf
- Without speech
- Has a disability or has suffered an injury which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his/her ability to walk
- Does not have arms or has long-term loss of the use of both arms
- Has a learning disability, that is, a state of arrested or incomplete development of mind & which includes significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning
- Has been refused a driving license because of physical incapacity (does not include refusal on grounds of drug or alcohol misuse)
Conditions of use
- You can use your tokens for taxi fares in Hackney Carriages, private hire vehicles and Dial-a-Ride only. The document below lists the taxi firms currently accepting tokens
- The tokens are to help people of pensionable age and people with disabilities to keep mobile and be able to make essential journeys. The scheme is not intended for long journeys or excursions. The maximum cost of any one way journey is £10
- You can use your tokens to pay the full amount or part of the cost for your journey
- You can use tokens for journeys that either start or finish in the Aylesbury Vale area
- The tokens are for your sole use only
- Please check with the taxi firm that they accept tokens before you make any journey.
If you require your tokens to be posted to you please add £3.50 to the amount payable to cover postage and packaging.Follow the link below to view the office address and opening times.
Date Updated: 18/08/11
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