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Campaigners will be outside the Royal Courts of Justice this week for the start of an appeal which should finally provide a definitive ruling on disabled people’s right to access wheelchair spaces on buses. The case is being brought by First […]
Disabled activists are celebrating an “amazing campaign win” after London’s mayor announced that all London’s Crossrail stations would now be accessible in time for its opening. Transport for London (TfL) announced this week that Crossrail would be step-free from street-level to […]
Websites for five of the UK’s top airlines are still “difficult and frustrating” to use for their disabled customers, 11 years after they were found to be failing to meet minimum accessibility standards. The technology and disability charity AbilityNet published results […]
The government is to launch a competition for students aimed at finding a cheap but effective way to introduce audio and visual information into every bus in the country. The Liberal Democrat transport minister Baroness Kramer made the announcement at a […]
A disabled dad has spoken of his frustration and anger after a court told him a company was not discriminating by refusing to allow him to travel with his twin babies on a bus. Activist Adam Lotun wanted the courts to […]
Disabled campaigners have welcomed the mayor of London’s decision to publish plans for providing step-free access to seven inaccessible stations on the capital’s Crossrail project. The mayor, Boris Johnson, had previously suggested that he would ensure step-free access at all seven […]
Local councils across England and Wales should be given new powers to ban taxi-drivers from ignoring disabled people who try to hail their cabs, according to a new report from the government’s advisers on law reform. The Law Commission also said […]
A disabled campaigner is hoping to create a new way of funding transport access improvements – by persuading London’s mayor to set up a public fund that would allow individuals, councils and businesses to contribute towards the cost. Conrad Tokarczyk, from […]
Transport ministers look set to drop two more rail access improvement schemes, only days after admitting they had slashed spending on their main programme by nearly 30 per cent. Campaigners described the cuts as a “kick in the teeth” for disabled […]
The government has quietly slashed spending on a programme to improve access to rail stations by nearly 30 per cent, Disability News Service (DNS) can reveal. Network Rail this week published its new £38 billion plan for “delivering a better railway […]