Today the BBC ( London) is running a 3 part series exploring how public transportation is working for the disabled. With my wheelchaired mother and alone, I have seen buses not able to get the ramp down, and instances where children in push chairs prevent the disabled getting on the bus. What have been your experiences? What can Carers UK do to support our plight for equal access?
Transport For London ... Statutory Watchdog :
http://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/home/
Transport For All ... a leading pressure group for the disabled to access public transport :
http://www.transportforall.org.uk/campaigns/
Guardian article ... Supreme Court Decision ... Access for wheelchair users on public transport :
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... reme-court
Not forgetting OUR own campaign for free public transport for carers ... 16,000+ reads :
https://www.carersuk.org/forum/news-and ... ?start=140
Carers UK ?
A mere bystander.
My experience ?
Pushed mother everywhere ... no roll on , roll off buses or trains in my day ... Shoeburyness ( Essex ) / Oulton Broad ( Suffolk ).
My manor ?
Worksop ... buses okay BUT spaces reserved normally full of mothers with pushchairs ... the single deck cattle truck variety better than the double decked variety.
Trains ?
Nope ... still the old Pacer variety ... not even a ramp to the guard's cupboard.

As for London Underground ... The Tube ... a complete and utter nightmare for ANY wheelchair user !!!!