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“ Our IT systems have to be the best available on the market because we can ’ t afford to go down ”
– Gordana Blazevic , CEO of Gold Coast Cabs
taxi business owners and drivers who provide jobs , pay taxes and contribute to the local economy . On the same theme , you won ’ t be able to get a wheelchair into an Uber . 28 percent of GC Cabs ’ fleet consists of 11 person ‘ maxi ’ taxis , with a wheelchair hoist . “ We ’ re committed to making our transport services accessible to everybody in the community . We complete over three million trips a year and four percent of those are with wheelchair passengers on board many subsidised through the Department of Veterans Affairs and through the Taxi Subsidy Scheme . Importantly we complete approximately 40,000 school runs a year for young people with a disability , 35 percent of them are in wheelchairs . They ’ re some of our most precious cargo and we take extremely good care of them !”
Technology that works
The GC Cabs mobile app is designed to make life simple . Says Blazevic : “ Gone are the days when you have to wait at the corner to see when the cab will turn up . 400 metres out , the Message on Approach feature sends a text to say that the cab is here .” The app has proven a great promotional
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