Council services
Taxi ranks - provision: Outline
Ideally, taxi ranks should be
located adjacent to railway, bus and coach stations, and all major
attractions, such as retail areas, places of employment and
entertainment/leisure centres.
Ranks should be located within
50m to 100m of the facility being served. If this is not possible then
seating should be provided at the rank.
Ranks should be sited so
that passengers board or alight from the taxi onto the footway on the
nearside of the vehicle. Ramps and steps should only be used for access
and egress via the nearside passenger door. Where taxi ranks are
arranged on the offside of the road, a pickup and drop off point nearby
on the opposite side should be identified for wheelchair passengers.
The
footway should have a minimum unobstructed width of 4040mm, to allow
for the full extension of the wheelchair ramps to 1620mm and to provide
for the full turning circle of an outdoor electric wheelchair, which is
2400mm.
Contact: Transport & Highways
Email: highways@northamptonshire.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 126 1000
Fax: 01604 654455
Visit: http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk Riverside Way, Riverside House, Bedford Road, Northampton, NN1 5NX