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Government’s advisers call for billions extra in rail access cash

By John Pring on 17th February 2022 Category: Transport

Government’s advisers call for billions extra in rail access cash
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The government’s independent advisers on accessible transport have called for billions more pounds to be invested in removing the “deeply-rooted barriers” disabled people face across the rail system. The report by the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) calls for accessibility […]

Election 2019: Labour wins praise for ‘driver-only operation’ train ban

By John Pring on 28th November 2019 Category: Transport

Election 2019: Labour wins praise for ‘driver-only operation’ train ban
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Labour has been praised by accessible transport campaigners for pledging to ban the practice of running train services without an on-board member of staff who can assist disabled passengers. The party promises in its manifesto – as part of its policy […]

Ministers’ plans on ‘toxic’ impact of driver-only trains fall way short, says DPTAC

By John Pring on 1st August 2019 Category: Transport

Ministers’ plans on ‘toxic’ impact of driver-only trains fall way short, says DPTAC
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The Department for Transport (DfT) is falling “a very long way short” with its plans to ease the “toxic” impact on disabled people of running driver-only trains through unstaffed stations, according to the government’s own accessible transport advisers. A letter from […]

Action needed to make major roads more accessible, says watchdog

By John Pring on 29th November 2018 Category: Transport

Action needed to make major roads more accessible, says watchdog
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A transport watchdog is calling for action to make the network of major roads across England more accessible to disabled drivers and passengers. A new Transport Focus report, An Accessible Road Network?, centres mainly on the barriers disabled people face in […]

Government repeatedly ignores its own advisers on ‘toxic’ train access

By John Pring on 2nd August 2018 Category: Transport

Government repeatedly ignores its own advisers on ‘toxic’ train access
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The government has repeatedly ignored concerns raised by its own accessible transport advisers about the “toxic” impact on disabled people of running trains without a member of customer service staff on board, official documents have revealed. The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory […]

Equality watchdog ‘considering legal action against government’ over rail access failures

By John Pring on 24th May 2018 Category: Transport

Equality watchdog ‘considering legal action against government’ over rail access failures
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The equality watchdog is considering legal action against the government over its failure to ensure an accessible rail service, according to a leading disabled expert. The potential legal action emerged in the wake of anger directed at rail operator Govia Thameslink […]

Ministers finally publish bus wheelchair space report… then announce more talks

By John Pring on 15th March 2018 Category: Transport

Ministers finally publish bus wheelchair space report… then announce more talks
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Ministers have finally announced that they will act to protect the rights of wheelchair-users to travel on buses, nearly 14 months after a ground-breaking Supreme Court ruling. The Supreme Court ruled in January 2017 that First Bus had breached its duty […]

Motability row sparks anger and demand to use huge reserves to support customers

By John Pring on 15th February 2018 Category: Transport

Motability row sparks anger and demand to use huge reserves to support customers
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Disabled campaigners have reacted to the political row over the Motability car scheme by calling for the organisation that runs it to use part of its huge financial reserves to increase support for disabled people. Details emerged in a newspaper last […]

Southern’s rail plans will breach Equality Act, says disabled access expert

By John Pring on 8th September 2016 Category: Transport

Southern’s rail plans will breach Equality Act, says disabled access expert
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Plans by an under-fire rail company to change the way it staffs its trains will lead to “unacceptable” and repeated breaches of the Equality Act by denying disabled passengers the support they need to travel, it has been claimed. Southern – […]

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 […]

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