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An “absolutely awful” mobile phone app that helps the Motability scheme monitor the driving behaviour of increasing numbers of disabled people is securing overwhelmingly poor reviews from its customers. The Drive Smart scheme, which launched last August, allows Motability Operations to […]
Transport Accessibility campaigners have warned that the Labour government’s new integrated transport strategy “doesn’t deal with the real issue” and needs to demonstrate more than “warm words”. The Department for Transport (DfT) published the new strategy on 2 April. Originally promised […]
A government-owned train company has had to promise to make significant improvements to the disability awareness training of its station staff after a regulator discovered it had been failing to fulfil its legal obligations for more than four years. An investigation […]
Emails that targeted a leading disabled activist have exposed a “rotten culture” at senior levels of the rail industry. The internal emails were obtained from the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) – the secretive body that represents the companies and public bodies […]
Transport for London (TfL) has secured the right to close more than half the ticket offices along the new Elizabeth line cross-capital rail system, a new document has confirmed, in a move that would discriminate against many disabled rail passengers. Concerns […]
A new consultation on outdated laws covering the use of powered mobility devices on public roads and pavements could lead to greater independence for disabled people across Britain and an end to legal confusion, say campaigners. The consultation, launched by the […]
A statutory duty in the new railways bill to ensure ministers and public bodies promote the needs of disabled passengers is “too vague” and must be strengthened as the legislation passes through parliament, MPs were told yesterday (Wednesday). The transport select […]
Years of scapegoating rhetoric and politicians casting disabled people as “scroungers” have reinforced prejudices about the blue badge parking scheme and led to “envy and resentment” instead of equal access, according to a four-year research project. Half-hearted implementation of the scheme […]
Inaccessible public transport is a “growing barrier” for disabled sports fans, according to the results of an annual survey by a disabled-led charity. Level Playing Field said the results of its fifth online survey showed that the proportion of disabled fans […]
The government has restored accessibility to the heart of its planned rail reforms, in a victory for disabled campaigners and allies who fought plans to remove a key measure from new legislation. Labour had previously dropped plans to ensure there was […]