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Disabled campaigners set for battle with Chelsea’s celebrities over rail access

By John Pring on 7th April 2016 Category: Transport

Disabled campaigners set for battle with Chelsea’s celebrities over rail access
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A London disabled people’s organisation has backed plans to build a new accessible train station in the heart of fashionable Chelsea, despite opposition from a string of celebrity residents. Action Disability Kensington and Chelsea (ADKC) today (7 April) announced its support […]

Network Rail is ‘leading industry on access by following Olympic path’

By John Pring on 14th January 2016 Category: Transport

Network Rail is ‘leading industry on access by following Olympic path’
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The public body responsible for 18 of Britain’s biggest rail stations is following the lead of the Olympic Delivery Authority and putting disabled people at the heart of its design process, according to its access and inclusion manager. Margaret Hickish – […]

Minister hints at further block to taxi access law, 20 years after MPs approved it

By John Pring on 18th December 2015 Category: Transport

Minister hints at further block to taxi access law, 20 years after MPs approved it
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A government minister has told peers that it is “not necessary” for all taxis to be accessible to wheelchair-users. Transport minister Andrew Jones said that such a policy would mean having to replace thousands of taxis across the country. But members […]

Blanket scooter bans on trains must end, say conga-dancing campaigners

By guest on 4th December 2015 Category: Transport

Blanket scooter bans on trains must end, say conga-dancing campaigners
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By Raya Al Jadir Disabled transport campaigners have called on three train companies to remove blanket bans that prevent all scooter-users from using their services. To mark the campaign members of the user-led campaigning organisation Transport for All (TfA) took part […]

Transport boss apologises after ‘misleading’ comments to peers on access

By John Pring on 20th November 2015 Category: Transport

Transport boss apologises after ‘misleading’ comments to peers on access
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The boss of a public transport lobbying organisation has apologised to campaigners after being criticised for two “misleading” comments made to peers investigating the impact of the Equality Act on disabled people. Simon Posner chief executive of the Confederation of Passenger […]

Equality Act has ‘let down’ disabled people on public transport

By John Pring on 6th November 2015 Category: Transport

Equality Act has ‘let down’ disabled people on public transport
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Some disabled people have been “let down” by the Equality Act when it comes to access to public transport, a disabled campaigner has told members of the House of Lords. Gwynneth Pedler, a member of the user-led campaigning organisation Transport for […]

Paulley wins fight to take bus access case to Supreme Court

By John Pring on 10th July 2015 Category: Transport

Paulley wins fight to take bus access case to Supreme Court
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A disabled campaigner who is battling to protect the rights of wheelchair-users to travel on buses has won permission for his appeal to be heard by the Supreme Court. Doug Paulley (pictured) has been told by the court that it will hear […]

Motability under spotlight over cuts to grants… despite £190 million reserves

By John Pring on 15th May 2015 Category: Transport

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The Motability car scheme has been asked to justify tough new rules that restrict grants made to disabled drivers with high support needs, at the same time that its charitable trust has reserves of nearly £200 million. Last June, the charity […]

ELECTION 2015: Lib Dem president’s bus horror ‘proves need for new law’

By John Pring on 1st May 2015 Category: Transport

ELECTION 2015: Lib Dem president’s bus horror ‘proves need for new law’
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The disabled president of the Liberal Democrats has complained of her “outrageous” treatment by a conductor who refused to ask a young dad to move his child’s buggy from the wheelchair space on a near-empty London bus. Baroness Brinton, a wheelchair-user […]

Six years on, Trailblazers go back undercover on buses, trains and taxis

By John Pring on 1st May 2015 Category: Transport

Six years on, Trailblazers go back undercover on buses, trains and taxis
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Young disabled campaigners are to go undercover across the UK to find out whether access to public transport has improved since they carried out a “damning” study six years ago. Members of the Trailblazers network will check out buses, trains and […]

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