Disabled peer calls for ‘heavy fines’ for air travel access failures
A disabled crossbench peer has called on the government to start handing out “heavy fines”…
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Crossrail step-free promise looks set to be broken
The promise to disabled people that every station on London’s much-delayed, £15 billion Crossrail project…
Bus company ‘turns back clock on wheelchair access’
A bus company has turned back the clock on access by introducing new buses that…
Action needed to make major roads more accessible, says watchdog
A transport watchdog is calling for action to make the network of major roads across…
Regulator sets out ideas for better assisted rail travel
The rail regulator has revealed a series of draft measures designed to force the industry…
Disabled shadow minister calls for government to fund access to all rail stations
A disabled shadow minister has called on the government to do more to improve its…
Train companies could face court over inaccessible rail replacement buses
Train companies are facing possible legal action over their failure to ensure that replacement bus…
Campaigners raise thousands in days for #TransportJustice legal fund
A new campaign that will fund legal actions on behalf of disabled people who have…
Train company faces calls to rip up scooter policy after latest ‘shameful’ episode
A rail company is facing calls to change its “reprehensible and unsupportable” attitude to disabled…
Government repeatedly ignores its own advisers on ‘toxic’ train access
The government has repeatedly ignored concerns raised by its own accessible transport advisers about the…