1/2/07
BOURNEMOUTH WEST M.P. SUPPORTS CAMPAIGN TO GET MORE DISABLED PEOPLE ONTO PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Bournemouth West M.P, Sir John Butterfill, is backing a campaign to encourage more disabled people to use public transport and exercise new rights to fair treatment on buses, trains, trams and taxis.

John said:  “I am backing the Disability Rights Commission’s GoJo Campaign as an important step in raising disabled people’s confidence in using public transport.  Increasing access to buses and trains is crucial to enable disabled people to take up job opportunities, education and leisure and to play a full and active role in the community.  A recent poll has shown that disabled people are four times more likely to lack confidence using buses and trains than non disabled people and I hope very much that the campaign will help to reverse this trend.”

The Disability Rights Commission’s campaign was recently launched in the House of Commons.  The campaign follows changes to the Disability Discrimination Act introduced in December 2006.  Under the new legislation a bus driver is required to notify someone with a visual impairment when they reach their stop and staff on trains can be asked to bring refreshments to a passenger who is unable to walk to the buffet car. 

 

 

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