CPVV has confirmed that the Victorian Government is developing a customer (passenger) check-in system to support rapid contact tracing within the CPV industry.
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This passenger check-in system (rapid contact tracing) will be mandatory for fleets of commercial passenger vehicles to apply to all their vehicles. The government is aware that some organisations have already implemented such systems and they would certainly be able to continue using their existing systems, so long as it is able to integrate with DHHS’s computer system.

As of 18 November 2020 NEW regulations will be in place for commercial passenger vehicles. Failure to meet these regulations attracts a 20 penalty points fine, which today equals $3300.

​To read the new CPV cleaning regulations go here.

If you are a TAA member you will be able to access a summary of the Amendment Regulations and the Vehicle Sanitisation Checklist we created (which you can use) via the Operator & Advocacy Resources. 

Department of Transport (DoT) conducted a presentation on Wednesday 23 September for industry stakeholders, and we have questions. So many questions, that we have emailed them to DoT for answers, answers which we are yet to receive.

$3.5m Cleaning and Sanitisation grants for regional and metro BSPs -- 

-> How is giving money to BSPs to be used in the future, supporting the CPV industry during the COVID-19 crisis?

Department of Transport (DoT) conducted a presentation on Wednesday 23 September for industry stakeholders, and we have questions. So many questions, that we have emailed them to DoT for answers, answers which we are yet to receive. 

$3.5m Cleaning and Sanitisation grants for regional and metro BSPs --

1. What constitutes a Major BSP?
2. Do we presume correctly that the Major BSPs are 13cabs, Silver Top Taxis, Black & White Cabs, Crown Cabs, Ballarat Taxis, Bendigo Taxis, Geelong Taxis and Uber?

Representatives from TAA were at the CPV Industry briefing on Wednesday morning. We were given an update on vehicle cleaning standards, cleaning audits and how the government’s roadmap affects our industry. There are new resources available on the CPVV website regarding the cleaning standards and there are also a couple of training videos for drivers to watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDfYB4DNtrw&feature=youtu.be
and
https://www.drvrtraining.com/courses/hygiene-for-drivers

Project: COVID-19 drive-through testing facility

Works: Utilising T4 car park Level 2 for dedicated COVID-19 testing

Working Hours: The testing facility will be operational between 0900 – 1700hrs, seven (7) days per week. The location will be unavailable for all other uses for the duration of the testing facility’s installation on site.

Date: From Saturday 4 July 2020 at 1pm

Driving this week on the roads, it is obvious to see that people are appreciating the lessening of restrictions. It is also nice to be seeing taxis around, even though there is little work at present.
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The Victorian regulator, Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria (CPVV), advised us last week that there has been a 2% increase in MPTP fares week on week, on top of a previous week’s increase of 6%.