The Cabinet Member
for Transport is RECOMMENDED to:
(a)
agree to making a formal application to the Traffic
Commissioner for a traffic regulation condition based on the draft at Annex 1
to this report and authorising the Deputy Director for Environment & Economy (Highways
& Transport) to make any minor changes to the draft in consultation with the
Cabinet Member for Transport, subject to formal agreement by Oxford
City Council that it will operate a certification scheme for vehicles and
retrofitted equipment for as long as the traffic regulation condition remains
in force;
(b)
agree to the approach being taken for maintaining a
database of very low frequency services and the monitoring and investigation of
suspected non-compliance for as long as the traffic regulation condition
remains in force; (paragraph 18) of this report;
(c)
formally ask Oxford City Council to apply emissions
standards equivalent to those in the draft traffic regulation condition to
taxis and licensed private hire vehicles by 2014.