transport

Good ol’ Brits

November 20, 2010

BBC News – One in ten ‘cannot use London Tube or buses’. The study claimed: Only 10 of London’s 270 Tube stations are completely step-free all the way from street level to train. Just one third of London’s 300 rail stations have step-free access from street to platform. While all London’s buses now have ramps, [...]

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A vision or not

July 8, 2010

I did some googling and searching on YouTube for videos from Australia by people with disabilities. I came up sadly very short. Nothing really from a sense of community of disability here in Australia. I don’t think we have made the leap between sector and community; between political and social.  Both are necessary, but I [...]

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An open letter — rant, long — updated

February 24, 2010

Updated today with the letter that I actually sent this am An open letter to the Minister for Transport the Honourable Mr David Campbell MP GPO Box 5341 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Dear Sir, I’m told I tell a great story whether fiction or fact. My education and experiences over many years has reinforced that telling [...]

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The wheels of the bus

August 3, 2009

The last few weeks have been quite remarkable. Remarkable in a good way I hasten to add. My experiences with mass transit have worked. Consistently. Seamlessly. They just have. The ramps of the rear loading buses have largely worked; and, on the few occasions when they haven’t worked first time the drivers have tried a [...]

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