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Frustration after government only issues partial ban on new floating bus stops

By John Pring on 10th July 2025 Category: Transport

Frustration after government only issues partial ban on new floating bus stops
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Disabled campaigners have expressed their frustration with ministers after they imposed a “pause” on the most dangerous types of “floating” bus stop but refused to halt the rollout of all such installations. The National Federation of the Blind of the UK […]

Government to investigate ‘fake disabled’ mystery shopper rail claims

By John Pring on 16th May 2024 Category: Transport

Government to investigate ‘fake disabled’ mystery shopper rail claims
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The government is to investigate claims that rail companies are using “mystery shoppers” who are pretending to be disabled as a way of providing data on the accessibility of their services. One campaigner said the concerns could have “huge consequences” for […]

Rail companies are using access stats from mystery shoppers who pretend to be disabled

By John Pring on 9th May 2024 Category: Transport

Rail companies are using access stats from mystery shoppers who pretend to be disabled
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Rail companies are using evidence on the accessibility of their rail services that has come from “mystery shopping” exercises carried out by freelance workers pretending to be disabled, Disability News Service can reveal. Analysis of assignments offered by a market research […]

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 […]

Delay in platform safety markings ‘will put lives at risk for years to come’

By John Pring on 12th August 2021 Category: Transport

Delay in platform safety markings ‘will put lives at risk for years to come’
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The government has been accused of backtracking on one of the key pledges in its new National Disability Strategy, after it admitted that it is likely to take eight years to provide tactile safety markings on every rail platform in the […]

Concerns over growing number of ‘dangerous and discriminatory’ road layouts

By John Pring on 28th February 2019 Category: Transport

Concerns over growing number of ‘dangerous and discriminatory’ road layouts
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Increasing numbers of local authorities are breaching the Equality Act by designing “dangerous and discriminatory” road layouts that put blind and partially-sighted people at risk of serious harm, say disabled campaigners. The concerns have been raised by the user-led campaign group […]

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