Mobility. Open requests to obtain vouchers for discounted taxi rides
Granelli: “Concrete support for the taxi sector from the mutual aid fund, as requested by the city council”. Elderly recipients, doctors and nurses, people with disabilities and women
Milan, August 18 2020 – Starting today, Tuesday 18 August, and until 30 November, it will be possible to request vouchers for discounted taxi rides by completing an online form, available on the Municipality of Milan portal, certifying that you meet the necessary requirements. The vouchers will be distributed based on the chronological order of request and until available funds are exhausted.
Through vouchers, the Administration has decided to facilitate the use of taxis for doctors and nurses, elderly people over 65 with particular frailties, people over 70, people with 100% disabilities and women who need to travel evening between 21pm and 6am.
“Thanks to the Mutual Aid Fund and also thanks to the City Council, which indicated its destination – explains Mobility Councilor Marco Granelli –, we can allocate 700 thousand euros to support the taxi sector. A sector hit by the crisis caused by the health emergency, but which can make an important contribution to reducing private vehicle traffic, improving environmental quality and facilitating the movement of some categories: we want to be concretely close to those who are still on the front line in the fight to the virus and those who have more difficulty moving around."
In particular, beneficiaries of the vouchers are private adults resident in Milan, falling into one of the following categories, which may be cumulative: over 70 residents, people with disabilities (100% disability), women for travel during the night time slot (21pm-06am). ), doctors and nurses working in hospital facilities in the Municipality of Milan as well as at the San Raffaele and Humanitas hospitals only for the home/work journey or vice versa, over 65s in a fragile situation, based on the evaluation of the Social Policies Directorate.
The voucher corresponds to a contribution towards the purchase of a taxi ride up to a maximum of 10 euros with payment made by credit card, debit card (ATM) or prepaid card in the name of the person who requested it, up to the maximum limit of ten trips in total for people with 100% disability, doctors and nurses.
The contribution will be equal to the total cost of the taxi ride for people over 65 and with 100% disabilities in particularly fragile situations, according to the evaluation of the Social Policies Directorate.
As regards the contribution for those over 70 years of age and women who travel between 21pm and 6am, the contribution is always a maximum of 10 euros for each taxi ride - made with credit card, debit card ( debit card) or prepaid card in the name of the applicant - with a maximum limit of eight total journeys for the period of validity of the benefit, between August and November.
Updated: 18/08/2020