As an accessible taxicab driver, you need to
take two Commission-approved training courses. One training is in how to
use the technology for dispatching. TLC will pay for the technology training.
The other training is in how to service passengers with disabilities and help
passengers who use wheelchairs in and out of the vehicle. The medallion owners will pay
for this training. At the end of the training, you will get a certificate
of completion from the training course. You must show this to the
accessible medallion owner before driving the vehicle, and you should keep a copy
with you in the vehicle.
As a driver in the dispatch system,
you must accept dispatches while on duty. If you refuse more than two
dispatches during a shift, you will have broken the rules of the dispatch program and
are subject to fines and other penalties. You must help a wheelchair passenger
to and from the sidewalk curb. You must also secure the passenger and
his/her belongings in the vehicle. Once you have accepted the dispatch and arrived
at the location, you must wait ten minutes for the passenger after the pick-up
time the dispatcher gave you. After ten minutes, you may leave.
You
can turn on the taximeter at either the pick-up time the dispatcher gave you if
you are at the location, or when you arrive at the pick-up point, whichever
is later. Any waiting time from when the taximeter is turned on until the trip begins
will be part of the fare. The meter must be turned off when you arrive at
the passenger's drop off location. Time for unloading may not
be charged.