The capital has successfully implemented a project to provide transport services to special categories of the population. Funds for the "Social taxi" in Moscow for the disabled and families with many children are allocated by the city budget, and transportation is carried out on individual and collective requests.
Preferential categories of Muscovites who can use this service
- Disabled group I.
- Minors with disabilities.
- Disabled people II, III groups with movement restrictions.
- Disabled people of II group of vision.
- Disabled and WWII veterans.
- Official representatives of disabled children accompanying them on their journey.
- Families with many children living in a low-rise housing stock in the capital.
- Disabled people of the Moscow House of Veterans (pensioners) of wars and armed forces.
The main principles of the "Social Taxi"
Services are provided by the state unitary enterprise of the capital "Mosgortrans". Cars are equipped with special devices for the convenience of disabled people:ramps, lifts, fasteners for wheelchairs, swivel seats, etc. All this equipment is provided by Social Taxi in Moscow, reviews from the start of which characterize this service as timely, affordable and as safe as possible for passengers.
The dispatch service (EDS) takes orders and controls their execution. Authorized persons are public, social and labor organizations for the disabled, as well as the executive bodies of Moscow and representatives of veterans or disabled people authorized by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
Any person who has reached the age of majority can accompany the recipient of the Social Taxi service, who, if necessary, will provide him with physical assistance during transportation.
Vehicles used for the implementation of this program must be marked with a logo in the form of a white symbol "Disabled person in a wheelchair with an accompanying person" on a green background, as well as the signature "Social Taxi" and green longitudinal stripes on the sides of vehicles indicating number of the current dispatcher.
What do you need to receive the Social Taxi service in Moscow?
For Muscovites with disabilities, the project has become a real salvation. How to use the service? In order to be able to use the services of social transportation of passengers of special categories on individual applications, it is necessary to submit to the relevantgovernment agencies documents confirming the legal rights of the user:
- copy of passports of the beneficiary and accompanying person;
- medical certificate of disability (ITU);
- for disabled people II, III groups - a copy of the rehabilitation program;
- social card of a Muscovite (SCM).
When boarding a special vehicle of the Social Taxi organization in Moscow, citizens must present the driver with a Muscovite social card, and if the service is paid for with coupons, then standard coupons issued by the All-Russian Society of Disabled People. When a passenger goes to a he alth resort, he must show the ticket to the driver of the special transport.
In order to be able to use the services of social transportation on a group order, an authorized person must submit the following documents to the IHO VOI:
- application according to the form specified in the regulations;
- photocopies of certificates of disability for each citizen - recipient of services;
- copies of accompanying persons' passports;
- SCM per passenger;
- shared travel program.
When servicing a collective application, an authorized person signs the waybill to the driver and provides the completed boarding list, and passengers present the SCM.
Reasons for custom service
The Social Taxi service in Moscow is provided solely for the purpose of following:
- to the legislative, judicial and executive bodies of the Russian Federation and the city of Moscow;
- Moscow local authorities;
- institutions of social services and social protection of the population of the capital;
- Pension Fund and Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation, their territorial offices in Moscow;
- hospitals and clinics of the city and the Moscow region;
- sanatoriums and rest houses in the city of Moscow and the region, as well as subjects of the Russian Federation bordering the Moscow region;
- metropolitan educational institutions;
- work places within the city of Moscow;
- airports and railway stations in Moscow and the region;
- objects of the sphere of funeral services of the city and region;
- recreation places, dachas in Moscow and the Moscow region.
This rather long list of services clearly demonstrates the care that Moscow takes for citizens of special social groups. "Social taxi" for the disabled is first of all convenience and safety.
How to call a taxi?
Specially for special groups of the population, the Social Taxi service was created in Moscow. Phone for receiving orders or for their early cancellation: 8 (495) 276-03-33, open from 7.00 to 19.00 daily. According to the same schedule, special transport is served seven days a week. In the evening and at night, the service is provided only for going to airports or train stations.
Service cost
If we talk about individual applications for "Social Taxi" in Moscow, the cost of the service is:
- in Moscow - 210 rubles per hour;
- outside the city - 420 rublesin an hour. Waiting time (no more than 1 hour) is also taken into account.
Payment by coupons or debit from a Muscovite's social card is made through the terminal in the "Social Taxi" with the issuance of a check or a slip. For collective applications, as well as from veterans (disabled) of wars and the armed forces, payment from passengers is not charged.
Thus, the service ensures the safety and timely delivery of passengers of preferential categories, as well as the provision of physical assistance during boarding and disembarking. Taxi drivers are protected from fraud when providing services.
