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Network Rail to spend £8 million on building an inaccessible footbridge that will last 120 years

By John Pring on 15th May 2025 Category: Transport

Network Rail to spend £8 million on building an inaccessible footbridge that will last 120 years
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Network Rail’s decision to spend nearly £8 million building a new footbridge that will be inaccessible to many disabled people has been labelled an “appalling contradiction” of the government’s commitment to improving the accessibility of the public transport system. The footbridge […]

Activist’s legal threat set to lead to more generous compensation for rail passenger assistance failures

By John Pring on 8th May 2025 Category: Transport

Activist’s legal threat set to lead to more generous compensation for rail passenger assistance failures
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Rail companies are likely to be forced to provide more generous compensation when they fail to assist disabled passengers, thanks to the actions of an accessible transport campaigner. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has written to train and station […]

Motability Operations stays silent over how much high street banks benefit from disabled people’s car scheme

By John Pring on 10th April 2025 Category: Transport

Motability Operations stays silent over how much high street banks benefit from disabled people’s car scheme
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The company that runs Motability has repeatedly refused to say how much money the four high street banks that own the business are making from the £7 billion-a-year disabled people’s vehicle leasing scheme. Motability Operations, which is owned by Barclays, Lloyds, […]

Angry response from campaigners as rail minister seeks to reassure MPs about government’s access plans

By John Pring on 10th April 2025 Category: Transport

Angry response from campaigners as rail minister seeks to reassure MPs about government’s access plans
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Disabled activists have delivered an angry and dismissive response to a government minister who has tried to justify dropping plans to put accessibility at the heart of rail reforms from a critically-important public consultation. In a letter to the Commons transport […]

MPs call for urgent action on transport discrimination, and tell industry: ‘Accessibility is a human rights issue’

By John Pring on 20th March 2025 Category: Transport

MPs call for urgent action on transport discrimination, and tell industry: ‘Accessibility is a human rights issue’
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Disabled campaigners have welcomed a “fabulous” and “validating” report by MPs that calls on the government and industry to “urgently” recognise that the “regularity and severity” of public transport access failures is a human rights issue. The long-awaited report by the […]

Ticket office cuts by three rail firms are just a test run for fresh round of reductions, campaigners warn

By John Pring on 13th March 2025 Category: Transport

Ticket office cuts by three rail firms are just a test run for fresh round of reductions, campaigners warn
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Cuts to ticket office opening hours by three rail providers across England and Scotland are just a forerunner of further reductions to come across the country, which will have a significant impact on disabled passengers, campaigners have warned. The warning came […]

Not one electric vehicle public charging point across the UK meets government’s accessibility standard, say MPs

By John Pring on 13th March 2025 Category: Transport

Not one electric vehicle public charging point across the UK meets government’s accessibility standard, say MPs
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There is not a single public charging point for electric vehicles across the whole of the UK that meets the government’s own accessibility standard, a report by a committee of MPs has found. The Commons public accounts committee said disabled drivers […]

Government’s railways consultation has ‘betrayed’ disabled passengers, campaigners tell minister

By John Pring on 27th February 2025 Category: Transport

Government’s railways consultation has ‘betrayed’ disabled passengers, campaigners tell minister
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Disabled campaigners and allies have accused the government of “betrayal” after it dropped plans to put accessibility at the heart of rail reforms from a hugely important public consultation. In a letter to transport secretary Heidi Alexander, they warn that current […]

Anger after government appears to drop Tory plans to put accessibility at heart of new national rail body

By John Pring on 20th February 2025 Category: Transport

Anger after government appears to drop Tory plans to put accessibility at heart of new national rail body
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Labour appears to have dropped the Conservative government’s pledge to place accessibility right at the heart of the new national body that will run the railways. Concerns were raised by The Association of British Commuters (ABC) when this week’s consultation on […]

Campaigners call for action to address shortage of wheelchair-accessible taxis

By John Pring on 20th February 2025 Category: Transport

Campaigners call for action to address shortage of wheelchair-accessible taxis
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A drastic and discriminatory shortage of wheelchair-accessible taxis is causing disabled people to miss medical and dental appointments, education and work commitments, and social opportunities, disabled campaigners have warned. They believe plans by their local council to address the shortage will […]

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