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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:20 pm 
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The Inclusive Transport Strategy: achieving equal access for disabled people

The Department for Transport’s strategy to create an inclusive transport system for disabled travellers.

Our strategy sets out:

i) government’s actions for achieving equal access to transport for disabled people
ii) a clear programme of monitoring and evaluation
iii) a new governance framework for accountability
The strategy builds on the work of the 2017 consultation on a draft Accessibility Action Plan. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultat ... ction-plan

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:22 pm 
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Taxi-Point have an article from a Taxi Lawyer which gives a bit of clarity as to what the gov seem to want.

https://www.taxi-point.co.uk/single-pos ... -PH-sector

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4.20 This Strategy should help ensure that authorities not only use the powers available to
them to ensure that taxi and PHV services not only comply with the legal
requirements but that these services meet the needs of passengers more
consistently.


That means nothing as they already do and there's nothing in the law that says PHV's have to be WAV..thats is a very vague paragraph with no substance, it just appear to mean whatever an individual would like it to mean.



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In the longer term we want the service currently provided by taxis and PHVs to be as
accessible to disabled passengers as it is for those who are not
disabled. This should
mean not only that vehicles are sufficiently accessible to provide for people with a
range of access needs, but that the means of hiring them is accessible, that
passengers can be picked up or dropped off at a location convenient to t
hem, and that no disabled person is ever left at the kerbside or charged extra for their journey.
We also want LLAs to understand their role in helping this to happen, both through
the licensing system and through other areas of influence, such as traffic
management.


How the hell can that work, We can't drive upstairs or take taxis in lifts or even get to within a half a mile from certain shops.

Yes it's a grand soundbite but without any real or practical thought having gone into it..


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