Thu, 20 Mar 2025

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 Disabled travel access an 'embarrassment', MPs say

A report by parliament's cross-party-transport select committee says accessibility failings are "systematic" across all modes of transport.

* MPs have warned that accessibility on public transport for disabled people is a "national embarrassment".
* A report found "systematic" failings across all public transport and put too great a burden on individual disabled people.
* Almost 7 in 10 disabled people experience barriers to travel most or all of the time.
* The current system is too difficult to navigate, with MPs calling for simplification and changes to legislation.
* The report calls for a change in culture to make disability inclusion a "non-negotiable matter of human rights".
* Transport for All welcomes the report's findings as a "wake-up call" for the government to address transport accessibility.
* Key recommendations include: + Producing a new inclusive transport strategy within 12 months + Simplifying current regulatory and enforcement systems + Changing legislation to make disability inclusion a priority.
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