Category: Transport accessibility

Supreme Court judgment: Paulley vs Firstbus

The judgment in FirstGroup PLC vs Paulley, about: The reasonable adjustments which a bus company is required to make to accommodate disabled wheelchair users. has been written and will be handed down on Wednesday, January 18th 2016 at 09:45am GMT in Supreme Court courtroom 1. A 5-minute summary will be read out in Court. This will be…

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“Have you got a problem? I won’t stop for you next time!”

Bus drivers in London often ignore wheelchair users’ requests to get off, driving off with them on board, on a regular basis – over 50 times to Chris alone, as put to TFL’s manager on ITV News. Today, after ignoring Chris’s request to get off, the driver had a parting message for him…

Southern Rail’s disgusting treatment of wheelchair users

My valued friend and co-campaigner told me about his disgusting experience at the hands of Southern Rail staff. I have reblogged the below from the excellent Transport for All website. I very much hope Southern Rail – and other rail providers – take it seriously. Their response to it doesn’t inspire confidence though; they clearly…

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