Highland Council funds innovative taxi service for rural community

RURAL TRANSPORT

Highland Council is to provide funding for an innovative rural taxi service that was set up by a local community after the council withdrew a bus service. 

HITRANS, the Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership, is following the project closely, believing it could have application in other isolated communities.  

The pilot focuses on the communities of Glenelg and Arnisdale on the north-west coast of Scotland, north of Mallaig. The communities have a population of about...

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