Well all joking aside <None> is not a option because it would mean pulling those couple of Wheeltrans buses rolling around Milton off the roads.
Since the long term care facility in town could easily supply 200 clients for Wheeltrans probably various levels of government would sack and burn Town Hall\if Mayor Gord and Council gave the finger to those 200 clients.
I believe there are around 800 to 1000 Access+ clients out there( Access+ = paratrans card) and its administered from Engineering Services in Town Hall under Paul Cripps
For somebody like me as a primary caregiver trying to keep mom going,losing the Wheeltrans would definetly not be a good idea.
The way it works is a Access+ client pays $3 for the trip and the Milton taxpayer foots the bill for the rest.(Unless they're a CNIB cardholder like mom,where Milton taxpayer foots the entire cost)IOW dad 1925-2012 RIP got $3 rides mom gets it free cuz she'd a CNIB cardholder)
In the cse of the two taxi companys their fleet are equally driven hard ( lots of differential and tranny noises in the older taxi's)
Since Milton is all rush rush rush nick of the moment lane changes and all that
I could see the benefit where Town Hall demands the winner of the contract put in that extra bit of tuneup or brake shoe repair so that a Access + clients life does not hang by a fraction of a micro-second between a smooth entry into Milton traffic or a crash.
Since neither taxi fleets vehicles are perfect,perhaps the winner should be the one with the best mechanic rather then the lowest bid?
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