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.