Parts of the rail, bus and coach industries are likely to be able to continue to use inaccessible vehicles for years to come, after a “worrying” government announcement that it was planning a fresh series of exemptions from transport access laws. […]
Transport
Campaigner set for legal action over ‘fundamentally broken’ rail assistance app
Ministers pledge to publish their first ‘robust’ rail access strategy
Minister’s Equality Act warning to rail industry
Equality Act threat over long-awaited rail access app
NHS allows G4S to force disabled patients to share ambulances during pandemic
Rail companies apologise after Prince Philip ‘mark of respect’ leaves websites inaccessible
Train company pays £17,000 after repeatedly leaving disabled woman stranded
‘Why did it take disabled man’s death to lead to rail safety action?’ campaigners ask
Low-traffic schemes have ignored disabled residents, says new research
Disabled people have been ignored by policy-makers in the post-COVID rush to introduce low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), according to new research by a disabled people’s organisation. Although disabled people have both positive and negative views about LTNs, local authorities and transport bodies […]