Community Transport & Accessible Public Transport

Community Transport and Accessible Public Transport for People with Mobility Impairments

The Public Transport Group provides accessible public transport services for local travel. The services are intended to help people who because of disability, frailty or ill health cannot use conventional bus services or have serious problems doing so. They are provided for individuals to help them live as independently as possible.

These services are provided mainly in partnership with voluntary sector providers and consist of social car schemes and community bus services. Other providers include commercial taxi operators and in house local authority fleets. They are run under service agreements with the County Council.

Social car schemes involve volunteers using their own cars to provide door to door transport. Community bus services use wheelchair accessible minibuses to provide travel from home to common destinations such as a town or shopping centres. Fares are charged for the services. Leicestershire County Council's Concessionary Travel Scheme is available on these services.

For more information about Community Transport nationally, see the Community Transport Association website.

To find out about Community Transport projects in your area visit the District links below, click on your village and go to the Community Transport option on the left hand navigation list.