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Ticket office closures report sparks fresh access fears

By John Pring on 23rd June 2022 Category: Transport

Ticket office closures report sparks fresh access fears
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Parts of the rail network are set to become even more inaccessible to many disabled people if the government presses ahead with proposals to close all ticket offices in England, campaigners have warned. The Sunday Times reported this week that plans […]

Government’s access advisers set to publish long-awaited documents, after ABC pressure

By John Pring on 12th May 2022 Category: Transport

Government’s access advisers set to publish long-awaited documents, after ABC pressure
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The government’s own advisory committee is set to publish a string of controversial reports that have previously been kept secret, and which could expose years of ministerial failings on accessible transport. The reports and other documents drawn up by the Disabled […]

Rail platform safety risks set to continue for seven more years, despite inquest findings

By John Pring on 5th May 2022 Category: Transport

Rail platform safety risks set to continue for seven more years, despite inquest findings
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The government has refused to promise to accelerate the long-delayed installation of tactile paving on railway platforms across the country, despite an inquest finding that the lack of safety markings played a part in a disabled man’s death. The government has […]

Government ‘must tighten the law to stop discrimination’ by ferry companies

By John Pring on 5th May 2022 Category: Transport

Government ‘must tighten the law to stop discrimination’ by ferry companies
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The government is being asked to tighten the law to stop the “horrendous” discrimination disabled people are facing from ferry companies that refuse to allow them to travel for safety reasons. Matthew Smith, a retired lecturer in marine engineering and health […]

Research raises questions over use of ‘wheelchair standard’ in public transport

By John Pring on 31st March 2022 Category: Transport

Research raises questions over use of ‘wheelchair standard’ in public transport
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The current “wheelchair standard” used to ensure that vehicle and infrastructure designs across the transport sector are spacious enough only covers about half of all mobility aids used by disabled people in the UK, according to a government study. The new […]

National Disability Strategy: Plans are ‘realistic and deliverable’, say ministers

By John Pring on 30th July 2021 Category: Independent Living

National Disability Strategy: Plans are ‘realistic and deliverable’, say ministers
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The government claims that its new National Disability Strategy will help to “build a better and fairer life” for disabled people, despite it offering only a handful of new policies and failing to win the backing of leading disabled people’s organisations […]

Minister allows transport industry its fourth exemption from access laws

By John Pring on 7th January 2021 Category: Transport

Minister allows transport industry its fourth exemption from access laws
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A government minister has allowed the transport industry its fourth temporary exemption from access laws, allowing it to continue to use inaccessible vehicles for rail replacement services for another nine months. The concession came in a letter from transport minister Chris […]

Government reveals the 73 rail stations to benefit from £300 million access funding

By John Pring on 4th April 2019 Category: Transport

Government reveals the 73 rail stations to benefit from £300 million access funding
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The government has revealed the 73 rail stations that will benefit from major improvements under its Access for All accessibility programme over the next five years. The Department for Transport (DfT) also confirmed the announcement made in last July’s Inclusive Transport […]

Company praised for ‘first accessible parking bay for charging electric vehicles’

By John Pring on 10th January 2019 Category: Transport

Company praised for ‘first accessible parking bay for charging electric vehicles’
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Campaigners have welcomed the decision to install what is believed to be the country’s first accessible parking bay for disabled people who need to recharge their electric vehicles. Only holders of blue parking badges who also need to recharge their electric […]

Mixed response to government’s plans to improve access to air travel

By John Pring on 13th December 2018 Category: Transport

Mixed response to government’s plans to improve access to air travel
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A trio of disabled peers who have all been fierce critics of the discrimination faced by disabled air passengers have delivered a mixed response to the government’s proposed new “passenger charter”. The Department for Transport (DfT) announced on Friday (7 December) […]

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