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Community
Transport in
the upper Rhondda Fawr - a study for Abergorci Community Hall Meurig
Parri 7.
Conclusion
7.1. It is easier to say what CT is not than what it is. CT
is not a stand-alone service. It is an integral part of the
overall mix of transport provision and works best when fully
incorporated into the overall transport arrangements for the
entire community.
7.2. Neither is it a service for some parts of that community
only. An image of the minibus full of elderly ladies on the way to
the day centre is part of the picture, but only part. CT most
definitely may have a role in meeting the transport needs of the
young, the isolated, the disabled, the poor, the frightened;
indeed – anybody.
7.3. Nor is there a ‘right’ form for a CT scheme to
take. It has been argued by a CT minibus operator in South Wales
that community car schemes are not ‘true’ CT operations. This
is not so; any form of transport which helps meet the transport
needs of those excluded from mainstream provision is genuine CT.
7.4. Thus this study has looked at the brief from the point
of view of people with transport difficulties. The recommendations
aim to suggest cost effective and practical ways of alleviating
those difficulties using any means available. The
study has not started with a preconception of what CT is, and then
tried to fit people’s needs to what this preconception of CT can
provide.
7.5. It is to be hoped that the results of this study will
be of help to the contractor who undertakes RCT CB Council’s
wider CT study, due to be undertaken later this year. 52
Appendix 4 to the LTP, para.
15.1.
7.6. In the meantime, some of the recommendations – which
include major steps to improve the quality of life for many in the
upper Rhondda Fawr – may be implemented straight away with no
danger of adverse affects on future recommendations which have
County Borough wide scope coming from the larger survey. Indeed,
not only would immediate implementation be of great benefit to the
communities in the study area, but would provide models and
lessons which might well be found to have County Borough wide
relevance. Meurig
Parri 30 August 2003 *
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