News Release (5 November 2002):
Inclusive mobility
New guidance from the Department for Transport makes it easier to get it right first time in enabling disabled people to use streets, car parks, rail and bus stations as easily as anyone else.
"Inclusive Mobility - A Guide to Best Practice on Access to Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure" has been welcomed by the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) for offering practical advice and guidance.
In welcoming the best practice guidance, Jane Wilmot OBE, DPTAC Chair said:
"The design of pedestrian environments is the Cinderella of transport policy and practice. It is often overlooked but it is no use having accessible buses or trains if disabled people cannot get to them.
The Department's practical advice in Inclusive Mobility will help local authorities and transport operators implement improvements that have an immediate effect on access for disabled people".
DPTAC commissioned research by MORI which showed that the design of streets and pavements received the worst rating among disabled people. Half of the disabled people questioned stated they would go out more if the conditions for walking were better. Inclusive Mobility shows those responsible how to make conditions for walking better.
Notes to editors:
1. Inclusive Mobility is available from the Department for Transport web site at: www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access/peti/inclusivemobility.
2. The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) was set up under the Transport Act of 1985 to advise Government on the transport needs of all disabled people. It has a maximum of 20 members (of whom at least half must be disabled people), representing a wide range of transport interests. Members are appointed by Ministers and are unpaid, apart from the reimbursement of expenses.
3. MORI's research report is available on the DPTAC web site at: http://www.dptac.gov.uk/research/apt/index.htm or from the Secretariat.
4. For further information on DPTAC, contact the Secretary, Tim Pope on 020 7944 8012, (textphone 020 7944 3277), fax 020 7944 6998 or email dptac@dft.gsi.gov.uk.
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