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Government announces fresh set of exemptions from transport access laws

By John Pring on 15th July 2021 Category: Transport

Government announces fresh set of exemptions from transport access laws
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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. […]

Campaigner set for legal action over ‘fundamentally broken’ rail assistance app

By John Pring on 1st July 2021 Category: Transport

Campaigner set for legal action over ‘fundamentally broken’ rail assistance app
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A disabled campaigner has taken the first steps towards launching legal action over the rail industry’s use of a long-delayed and “fundamentally broken” passenger assistance mobile phone app. The industry hoped its Passenger Assist app would make it easier for disabled […]

Ministers pledge to publish their first ‘robust’ rail access strategy

By John Pring on 27th May 2021 Category: Transport

Ministers pledge to publish their first ‘robust’ rail access strategy
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The government has promised to publish its first “robust” national strategy to improve the accessibility of the rail network. The pledge came in its new white paper, which aims to “transform the railways in Great Britain”. There was little or no […]

Minister’s Equality Act warning to rail industry

By John Pring on 27th May 2021 Category: Transport

Minister’s Equality Act warning to rail industry
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The rail minister has delivered a blunt warning to the industry that it needs to start acting on its legal commitments to disabled passengers under the Equality Act. Chris Heaton-Harris, who is also responsible for transport accessibility issues, said it was […]

Equality Act threat over long-awaited rail access app

By John Pring on 20th May 2021 Category: Transport

Equality Act threat over long-awaited rail access app
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Rail companies have delayed plans to launch a new mobile phone accessibility app, just days after they were warned that the technology appears to breach their duties under the Equality Act. The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) had been set to launch […]

NHS allows G4S to force disabled patients to share ambulances during pandemic

By John Pring on 22nd April 2021 Category: Transport

NHS allows G4S to force disabled patients to share ambulances during pandemic
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A controversial British outsourcing company has admitted forcing disabled patients to share non-emergency ambulances throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. G4S insists that it is following NHS guidance, which says that two patients can be carried together in an ambulance if neither of […]

Rail companies apologise after Prince Philip ‘mark of respect’ leaves websites inaccessible

By John Pring on 15th April 2021 Category: Transport

Rail companies apologise after Prince Philip ‘mark of respect’ leaves websites inaccessible
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Rail companies have apologised after their blundering attempts to make a gesture of respect following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh left their national rail information website inaccessible to many disabled people. National Rail Enquiries was just one of several […]

Train company pays £17,000 after repeatedly leaving disabled woman stranded

By John Pring on 11th March 2021 Category: Transport

Train company pays £17,000 after repeatedly leaving disabled woman stranded
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A disabled woman who was left stranded on trains and station platforms more than 30 times by a rail company has been awarded compensation of £17,000. Southern admitted repeatedly failing to deal ­­with the discrimination Sam Jennings was facing, even after […]

‘Why did it take disabled man’s death to lead to rail safety action?’ campaigners ask

By John Pring on 25th February 2021 Category: Transport

‘Why did it take disabled man’s death to lead to rail safety action?’ campaigners ask
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Investigators who examined the death of a visually-impaired man who fell from a railway platform that had no tactile strip to warn him he was approaching the edge say only half of UK mainline stations have such markings. The Rail Accident […]

Low-traffic schemes have ignored disabled residents, says new research

By John Pring on 28th January 2021 Category: Transport

Low-traffic schemes have ignored disabled residents, says new research
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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 […]

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