I want to visit my Dad at the People’s History Museum next Monday, so I phoned Transpennine Express’ assisted travel line to book tickets, the wheelchair space and assistance with ramps. The call lasted two hours. There are no advance tickets available. This immediately rang alarm bells: it is theoretically possible that all advance purchase…
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Category: Transport accessibility
Buses Bill – Committee discussion about mandating priority for wheelchair users on buses
The Commons Buses Bill Committee today debated proposed amendments to the Buses Bill to ensure mandatory disability awareness training for bus drivers, and to enforce priority for disabled people to use the wheelchair space on buses. The Houses of Parliament have a serious security problem with their Parliament TV website which means I can’t embed…
Change the law: enforce disabled people’s priority on buses
Despite our partial victory in the Supreme Court against Firstbus, disabled people are still being refused access to buses where the wheelchair space is occupied by non-disabled people. The Supreme Court justices recommended Parliament reconsider the legislation. Let’s ask the Government to do so. Please sign and share the petition on Parliament’s website to ask them to change the law. Thank you!