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Campaigner wins right to challenge government in court over kerb heights

By John Pring on 17th August 2023 Category: Independent Living

Campaigner wins right to challenge government in court over kerb heights
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A disabled campaigner has won the right to challenge the government in the Court of Appeal over guidance that could lead to her and other blind and visually-impaired people walking into danger. Sarah Leadbetter is challenging government guidance that was published […]

Ticket office closures could stop disabled fans attending live sport

By John Pring on 3rd August 2023 Category: Transport

Ticket office closures could stop disabled fans attending live sport
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A letter signed by nearly 40 disabled supporters’ associations has warned the government that plans to close nearly 1,000 ticket offices across England could cause many disabled fans to stop attending live sports events. The letter from disabled-led charity Level Playing […]

Network Rail finally confesses: We’re building 17 inaccessible footbridges

By John Pring on 27th July 2023 Category: Transport

Network Rail finally confesses: We’re building 17 inaccessible footbridges
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Network Rail has been forced to admit that it has plans to build 17 inaccessible footbridges across England, Scotland and Wales. The plans have been described as “profoundly offensive” by one disabled campaigner, with another warning that the new bridges will […]

Pressure mounts on ministers and rail companies over ticket office closures

By John Pring on 20th July 2023 Category: Transport

Pressure mounts on ministers and rail companies over ticket office closures
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Pressure is mounting on Conservative ministers and train companies over their plans to close nearly 1,000 rail ticket offices, after the Scottish government’s advisers on accessible transport described the proposals as “entirely unacceptable”. The equality and human rights watchdog is also […]

Activists launch legal action over ‘woefully inadequate’ ticket office consultations

By John Pring on 20th July 2023 Category: Transport

Activists launch legal action over ‘woefully inadequate’ ticket office consultations
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Disabled activists have launched a legal action against four train companies and a government minister over a series of “woefully inadequate” public consultations that will lead to the closure of nearly 1,000 rail ticket offices. Doug Paulley and Sarah Leadbetter, both […]

Disabled activists promise to fight ‘disastrous’ rail ticket office closure plans

By John Pring on 29th June 2023 Category: Transport

Disabled activists promise to fight ‘disastrous’ rail ticket office closure plans
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Disabled campaigners have responded with anger and frustration after evidence emerged that rail companies are set to launch a series of consultations on government-backed plans to close most ticket offices across England. The Association of British Commuters (ABC) revealed this week […]

Rail industry has grown used to failing every day on access, MPs hear

By John Pring on 15th June 2023 Category: Transport

Rail industry has grown used to failing every day on access, MPs hear
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The rail industry has no awareness of just how badly it is failing disabled passengers every day, a leading access consultant has told MPs. Christiane Link, a consultant and adviser on accessibility to the aviation and transport industry for more than […]

Evidence to inquiry exposes ‘inadequate’ consequences of transport discrimination

By John Pring on 8th June 2023 Category: Transport

Evidence to inquiry exposes ‘inadequate’ consequences of transport discrimination
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Disabled campaigners have exposed the widespread – and unpunished – discrimination that passengers face across the rail, bus and taxi sectors, in written evidence to an MPs’ inquiry. Many of the concerns were focused on the rail sector, with evidence highlighting […]

Regulator tells government’s access advisers to act on unlawful secrecy

By John Pring on 1st June 2023 Category: Transport

Regulator tells government’s access advisers to act on unlawful secrecy
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The government’s accessible transport advisers have been told by a regulator that they have been behaving unlawfully for years by failing to publish controversial reports, minutes of key meetings and letters they have exchanged with ministers. Campaigners believe the Department for […]

Ministers’ advisers criticised ‘poverty of ambition’ on rail access

By John Pring on 27th April 2023 Category: Transport

Ministers’ advisers criticised ‘poverty of ambition’ on rail access
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The government’s plans for the railways over the next three decades display a “poverty of ambition” on accessibility, its own advisers on accessible transport have told ministers. They told the Department for Transport that they were “extremely disappointed” that plans for […]

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