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Figures passed to the rail regulator by train companies have repeatedly inflated the success of the industry’s pre-booked passenger assistance service, potentially adding weight to the push to close ticket offices and cut station staff. The data showed the number of […]
The government’s advisers on accessible transport have been fiercely criticised for a half-hearted and “meaningless” response to the government’s planned rail reforms. In response to a call for evidence on the draft rail reform bill, the government’s independent advisers on accessible […]
The information commissioner has backed the government’s refusal to release its assessment of how plans to close nearly 1,000 ticket offices across England would have affected disabled people and other groups protected under the Equality Act. The Information Commissioner’s Office ruled […]
Disabled campaigners are calling on the government to do more to ensure that public charging-points for electric vehicles are accessible to drivers with access needs. Last week, a House of Lords committee produced a report that recommended that only a small […]
The government has refused to release its assessment of how plans to close nearly 1,000 ticket offices across England would have affected disabled people and other groups protected under the Equality Act, even though those proposals have now been abandoned. The […]
Legislation that will set up a safety framework to allow the introduction of self-driving vehicles across the UK must not be allowed to create new access barriers, two disabled peers have warned the government. They told the House of Lords this […]
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 […]