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Disabled citizens produce ideas for more accessible communities

By John Pring on 16th February 2023 Category: Transport

Disabled citizens produce ideas for more accessible communities
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Disabled people have developed a series of solutions to address the daily discrimination caused by the inadequate, inaccessible and unsafe infrastructure they face as they move around their communities. Among solutions across nine key areas are calls for long-term funding to […]

Underground staff problems cause ‘unacceptable’ rise in step-free suspensions

By John Pring on 22nd September 2022 Category: Transport

Underground staff problems cause ‘unacceptable’ rise in step-free suspensions
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New figures have revealed a huge increase in the number of times that staffing problems are causing lifts to be closed and step-free access suspended across London’s tube network. The figures, secured by Disability News Service (DNS) through a freedom of […]

Government’s advisers say ministers’ plans will not deliver an accessible railway

By John Pring on 4th August 2022 Category: Transport

Government’s advisers say ministers’ plans will not deliver an accessible railway
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The government’s advisers on accessible transport have told ministers they do not believe that their proposals for reforming the rail system will be enough to deliver an accessible railway. The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) says in its response to a public […]

New chair of DPTAC must be disabled, say transport access campaigners

By John Pring on 16th June 2022 Category: Transport

New chair of DPTAC must be disabled, say transport access campaigners
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Campaigners have warned the government of the vital importance of choosing a disabled person to head its influential committee of advisers on accessible transport. The warning comes as the committee is set to assume an important new role as part of […]

Campaigners celebrate their Crossrail access win as line finally opens, eight years on

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Transport

Campaigners celebrate their Crossrail access win as line finally opens, eight years on
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Disabled campaigners were this week marking the long-awaited opening of London’s new Crossrail scheme by celebrating their historic success in forcing the authorities to provide step-free access to all 41 of its stations. But they have also warned that a proposed […]

Ministers pledge to publish their first ‘robust’ rail access strategy

By John Pring on 27th May 2021 Category: Transport

Ministers pledge to publish their first ‘robust’ rail access strategy
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The government has promised to publish its first “robust” national strategy to improve the accessibility of the rail network. The pledge came in its new white paper, which aims to “transform the railways in Great Britain”. There was little or no […]

Rail companies apologise after Prince Philip ‘mark of respect’ leaves websites inaccessible

By John Pring on 15th April 2021 Category: Transport

Rail companies apologise after Prince Philip ‘mark of respect’ leaves websites inaccessible
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Rail companies have apologised after their blundering attempts to make a gesture of respect following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh left their national rail information website inaccessible to many disabled people. National Rail Enquiries was just one of several […]

Low-traffic schemes have ignored disabled residents, says new research

By John Pring on 28th January 2021 Category: Transport

Low-traffic schemes have ignored disabled residents, says new research
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Disabled people have been ignored by policy-makers in the post-COVID rush to introduce low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), according to new research by a disabled people’s organisation. Although disabled people have both positive and negative views about LTNs, local authorities and transport bodies […]

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 […]

Round-up: £20 petition, Disability History Month, Motability… and BAFTA

By John Pring on 19th November 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Round-up: £20 petition, Disability History Month, Motability… and BAFTA
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A petition signed by nearly 120,000 people who want to see a £20 a week uplift given to universal credit claimants extended to those on other benefits has been handed to the chancellor, Rishi Sunak. The increase, which also applies to […]

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