Below is an overview of the types of Community Transport available throughout Cambridgeshire.
Find out more about your nearest scheme
Dial-a-ride
Rural Hoppa services
Shopmobility schemes
Taxicard schemes
Hiring Community Transport vehicles
Voluntary car schemes
Dial-a-ride
Dial-a-ride services provide 'door-to-door' transport to members of the Dial-a-Ride scheme operating in that area.
They aim to provide a reliable personal service to members, with well-trained drivers giving ‘door-to-door’ support at both the beginning and the end of your journey. They use minibuses equipped with wheelchair tail and passenger lifts and low steps, making getting on and off their minibus much easier for all users.
Rural Hoppa services
The Rural Hoppa services operate one day a week in the Ramsey and Huntingdon area. The vehicles used for these services are wheelchair accessible.
These services are registered local bus services run by volunteers on a not-for-profit basis.
Shopmobility schemes
Shopmobility schemes can lend manual wheelchairs and powered scooters to members of the public with limited mobility to shop or visit leisure and commercial facilities within the town, city or shopping centre.
Shopmobility is for anyone, young or old, whether their disability is temporary or permanent - you do not need to be registered disabled to use it.
At present, there are Shopmobility schemes in Cambridge, Peterborough, Ely, Huntingdon, Newmarket and Wisbech.
Taxicard schemes
Taxicard schemes aim to provide assistance towards the cost of taxi journeys for people who have difficulties getting or using public transport.
Certain taxi operators accept Taxicard vouchers as means of payment. Each voucher has a value of £2.50, but only costs you 0.75 pence. If, for example, your taxi fare is £10.00, then you can either use 4 vouchers, or 1 voucher and pay the remaining £7.50 in cash, and so on. In addition, if you share a taxi with other Taxicard holders, the other person’s (or people’s) vouchers can also be used towards the cost of the journey.
A booklet of 10 vouchers costs £7.50, whereas a booklet of 20 vouchers costs £15. Booklets of vouchers can be bought from Cambridgeshire County Council.
There are currently three different schemes. Each scheme is restricted to those who live in the covering parishes and is mainly for essential purposes, such as medical appointments or shopping.
For further information, download one of the taxicard scheme leaflets at the bottom of the page, which provide general information per scheme, membership forms and voucher request forms.
Hiring Community Transport vehicles
Several of the Community Transport schemes offer a group drive/hire service.
As most of these vehicles are wheelchair accessible, this form of hire can be ideal for local community-based groups or families who have a wheelchair-bound member in their party.
Plus also see the Cambridgeshire Minibus Brokerage Scheme (CaMBS) listed on the left of this page.
Voluntary car schemes
These schemes offer organised lifts to those needing to make essential journeys where no suitable public transport services exist.
Journeys are usually arranged by telephone, by contacting the Scheme closest to you. The organisers usually need at least 48 hours to find a driver and vehicle, and to confirm the booking, but would appreciate if journeys were booked as early as possible.
Passengers are charged a fare set by the Scheme in your area.