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Sir Bert warns of threat to accessible transport if DPTAC is scrapped

25/06/2012 – 12:44 pm

One of the original architects of a pioneering government advice body has warned that coalition plans to scrap it would see accessible transport “disappear off the agenda”.
Sir Bert Massie drafted the amendment to the transport bill in 1984 that led to the setting up of a statutory Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC), and was [...]

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Railcard journeys treble in 15 years, but industry ‘still has more to do on access’

12/02/2012 – 9:00 am

The rail industry still has more to do to improve access, despite increasing numbers of disabled people using railcards, according to a leading expert.
The Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) this week marked the 30th anniversary of the Disabled Persons Railcard by releasing figures which showed journeys made using the card had trebled in the [...]

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