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Welsh government consultation on free bus travel for older & disabled people
Welsh Government consultation: Mandatory concessionary fares scheme in Wales Summary: We are seeking views on free bus travel for older people, disabled people and injured service veterans in Wales. Consultation End Date: 12 January 2018 Consultation description: We are consulting … Continue reading
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Tagged bus travel, consultation, disabled people, older people, Welsh Government
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Call for bus firms to provide more wheelchair spaces
BBC news article, by Paul Heaney, 3 Mar 2017: Call for bus firms to provide more wheelchair spaces Disability campaigners in Wales have called for bus companies to be forced to provide at least two wheelchair spaces. Current rules require … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridgend Coalition of Disabled People, bus travel, Department of Transport, disability
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Wheelchair user wins accessible bus travel Supreme court case
BBC News article, 18 January 20: ‘Wheelchair v buggy’: Disabled man wins Supreme Court case A disabled man has won a Supreme Court case after a dispute with a woman with a buggy over wheelchair space on a bus. It … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible transport, BBC news, bus travel, Disability news service, Disability Rights UK, Doug Paulley, wheelchair users
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Bus companies ‘using loopholes’ to evade access laws
Disability news service blog post, by John Pring on August 18, 2016: Bus companies ‘using loopholes’ to evade access laws Public transport providers and local authorities are using loopholes in legislation to avoid their legal obligations to ensure that buses … Continue reading
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Wheelchair users bus travel survey results reveals safety issues
Disability Rights UK blog post, 30 June 2016: Wheelchair users bus travel survey results Helen Dolphin MBE created a survey designed to find out the opinions and views of wheelchair users using the bus. Here are the results. The report … Continue reading
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