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A “smoking gun” government memo suggests that Network Rail withdrew from a high-profile public inquiry to protect its plans to build more inaccessible footbridges across Britain. In late November, the public body withdrew plans to build an inaccessible bridge at Copmanthorpe, […]
Disabled people with blue parking badges in England are frequently being threatened, insulted, followed and even attacked as part of a “never-ending ordeal”, new research has revealed. The research found that nearly a third (97) of the 304 disabled people who […]
A transport minister has failed to back calls for a new law that would address the multiple barriers faced by disabled passengers trying to access public transport. Guy Opperman was speaking to the Commons transport committee after a survey it commissioned […]
The current state of accessible transport is “unjust and unacceptable”, and the government’s efforts to offer “equal access for disabled people” by 2030 have “stalled”, according to a major new report. Are We There Yet?, released yesterday (Wednesday) by the disabled […]
Senior figures in the rail industry have been unable to point to a single train company that is even close to “getting it right” when it comes to providing an accessible service to disabled passengers. Iain Stewart, the Conservative chair of […]
The government and train operating companies have refused to rule out further attempts to close rail ticket offices across the country, despite ministers scrapping proposals to shut nearly 1,000 of them across England. Transport secretary Mark Harper this week reversed the […]
Disabled activists and disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have been celebrating this week after a four-month campaign forced the government to abandon plans it had previously backed to close nearly 1,000 rail ticket offices across England. Transport secretary Mark Harper announced on […]
The legislation around accessible transport is unclear and “ridiculously complex”, with the rules protecting disabled people from discrimination not enforced by regulators or the government, MPs have been told. Disabled campaigners and legal experts told the Commons transport committee yesterday (Wednesday) […]
Allowing Network Rail to build an inaccessible footbridge in north Yorkshire would set “a bad and dangerous precedent” for its plans for other parts of the country, a disabled activist has told a public inquiry. Flick Williams was one of several […]
Transport secretary Mark Harper has dismissed concerns that plans to close hundreds of ticket offices across England will have a negative impact on disabled people’s right to “turn up and go” rail travel. Even though the proposals are set to lead […]