click here to download transcript<\/a> [rev_slider alias=”lloyd-pollock”]<\/p>\nLloyd Pollock, a trail-blazer, brought accessible transportation to Toronto 26 years ago now. He just happens to be a man living with post polio syndrome.<\/p>\n
With 10 years of experience managing a taxi company, and training drivers for the school board on how to handle students using wheelchairs, Lloyd was well acquainted with transporting people with special needs.<\/p>\n
It was a natural fit when he was approached by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation in \u201987 about developing a wheelchair accessible taxi service. He left his job in management to drive taxi as due diligence while he researched a plan to meet the Ministry\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n
Dignity Transportation put it\u2019s first wheelchair accessible taxi on the road in 1991. Since then, Dignity has grown a fleet of accessible cabs and Lloyd has had the privilege of transporting of all people, Stephen Hawking. He\u2019s also had the opportunity to showcase Dignity\u2019s fleet to international audiences.<\/p>\n
As an extension of his passion for accessible transportation, Lloyd served on the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (or AODA) Accessible Transportation Standards Development Committee. Wow, that was a mouthful; but so was the job \u2013 all in all 2 years to be precise.<\/p>\n
Listen in as Lloyd shares the accessibility struggles and successes he\u2019s had through-out his journey to becoming the Father of Accessible Transportation in South Central Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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