Work category 517: Total mobility operations

Introduction

This work category provides for contracted discount taxi fare schemes for the disabled, including administration, maintenance and operation of facilities and equipment associated with the Total Mobility scheme.

This definition applies to the 2012-15 NLTP.  For the 2015-18 NLTP please refer to the updated definition for work category 517.

Examples of qualifying activities

Qualifying activities include, but may not be limited to:

• registration and management of total mobility agencies, services, users and allocation of discounts to eligible users
• establishment and management of data based systems used to assist the operation of the total mobility scheme
• management and assessment of users in each region
• the operation of dial-a-ride schemes where:
  • the users of a service are people whose disabilities are such that they would qualify for assistance under the Total Mobility scheme
  • the service has been put out for tender under the NZTA’s Procurement Manual  

Other potential activities that are not in the above list should be discussed with the NZTA for eligibility.

Exclusions

This work category excludes:

• total mobility ticketing systems. The operations and maintenance of any public transport related technology based systems are provided under Work category 524: Public transport information, supply and maintenance.

Funding assistance rate

The usual funding assistance rate is:

• 60% for Approved Organisations signed up to and implementing Stage 2
• 50% for Approved Organisations signed up to and implementing Stage 1
• 40% for Approved Organisations not signed up to either Stage 1 or 2 of the scheme