disability, data protection, activism and other such
I have been made aware of Bns Williams’ positive mention in the Lords, of my enforcement of the Equality Act. There are good examples of disabled people enforcing the duty to make reasonable adjustments. Noble Lords will no doubt have heard of the case of Mr Paulley, who has successfully enforced the Act on many…
Great news! It’s official! Scotrail’s assisted travel helpline told me so it must be true – All Scotrail’s stations are 100% accessible to all passengers, including wheelchair users! Here’s the transcript – Scotrail’s in bold, I’m not: All stations we deal with are all accessible for wheelchair users. All Scotrail stations? That’s impressive. Yes that…
The Rail Delivery Group‘s database “Knowledgebase” contains (among other things) all the station information used e.g. on the National Rail enquiries website, including all the station accessibility information. This data is available to everybody, but in a format only programmers can use. So with help, I’ve converted the station accessibility data (and some other key…