Alex Cherup speaks in support of Handicab during the public comment section of the March 24th Taxicab Authority meeting.

Manny Poznanski speaks in support of Handicab during the public comment section of the March 24th Taxicab Authority meeting.

Gloria Miranda speaks in support of Handicab during the public comment section of the March 24th Taxicab Authority meeting.

Santa Perez, of the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities, speaks in support of Handicab during the public comment section of the March 24th Taxicab Authority meeting.

Bill “Moondog” Wantland speaks about Handicab during the public comment section of the March 24th Taxicab Authority meeting.

I am a Vietnam era veteran. Unfortunately, I am bound to an electric wheelchair. When my wife lie dying in Summerlan Hospital, I had to call several times, several companies to get a handicap van. I made eight separate trips to and from the hospital during this period. I was charged as little as $18 one way to $32, depending on the driver. A few of the drivers got lost and didn’t know where Summerlan Hospital was located. Fortunately, my wife survived and is doing very well.

On another occasion I had an appointment with my foot doctor. When my appointment was over at 4:30 PM, the doctor’s assistant called for a handicap van. She was told that none were available, as they were all located down on the strip and the doctors office, near Mountain View Hospital was too far away and the taxis would lose business. She finally received confirmation from a taxi company and at 7:30 PM a taxi sedan, not a van, showed up. The taxidriver assured me that a van would come shortly. The van never showed up until 9:30 PM that evening. Fortunately for me the doctor’s assistant waited with me outdoors until the van arrived.

Your Handycab service will be a great and welcomed service to our community and to us handicapped people In particular.

Thank you.

A three hour wait for a taxi…this is supposedly “meeting the needs” of the community…

My name is Frank Driscoll. I have lived in Las Vegas for a year now, but visited Las Vegas for many years as a tourist. During one ride in a cab I nearly fell out of the back of the cab, because the back door wasn’t closed properly and I was not strapped in. It was really scary, thank God we were not in motion at the time, so the driver was able to get out and close the door. It just shows me a lackadaisical attitude with regard to tying wheelchairs down.

I live in a new community on the NorthWest side of town. Its preposterous that between Paratransit and the cab services in this town that there is not a single company that will come up here and give me a ride. Were just dying for a program like HandiCab.

How long will it take for a wheelchair accessible taxi to arrive to pick David up? watch and find out…

My name is Tex O’Dell, and I have polio and post polio syndrome. I have given up on the idea of getting a taxi in Las Vegas. They haven’t been reliable for us, so we use alternative transportation or get friends to take us. When I was younger and going to school in San Francisco, the taxicab drivers would pick up kids with polio and drop them off at school. It was wonderful, it gave you a good feeling about the company, as they were willing to give back to the community. Here they aren’t even willing to serve the community if you pay them.