Thread: Private Routemaster Shopping Bus on Oxford Street?
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Old July 20th 04, 02:07 PM posted to uk.transport.buses,uk.transport.london
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Default Private Routemaster Shopping Bus on Oxford Street?
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:13:20 +0100, Barry Salter
wrote:

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:59:00 GMT, (Neil
Williams) wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:48:22 +0930, (Aidan Stanger)
wrote:

How?

And anyway, where's the requirement[1] (other than from TfL) for bus
services to be operated with disabled-accessible vehicles? Outside
the profitable PTE areas, many bus operators thrive on second-hand
high-floor vehicles from London.

Isn't it a DDA requirement from 1st October that providers of goods and
services need to make reasonable modifications to their goods/service to
make them accessible?


The DDA final stages mean waiting for a bus is a slow process if you
are disabled....

October 2004
Businesses and organisations may have to remove, alter or find a way
around any physical feature that makes it hard for disabled people to
use services: e.g. tube stations with no lift access.

2015 - 2017
All public transport buses must be accessible to disabled people.

2020
All public transport coaches must be accessible to disabled people.

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/news/dda/ddadates.shtml

Paul Dicken


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