The Transport For London’s exhibition at the Excel Centre yesterday showed the current level of access on London transport with life-size mock-ups of Tube and rail stations and street environments, interactive exhibits, talks and people on hand to discuss issues and solutions regarding transport. It was a chance to discuss what TfL are doing right and…
At BBS we focus more on the destinations (the venues we review) than the journey to get to them but public transport is still a real bug bear. It’s just lagging behind in terms of access and we know that a lot of our readers agree. Let the rant commence: It’s frustrating to have to…
Fiona’s away at The Pitch in Bristol this week so we’ve asked BBS contributor Lucy to provide us with her own version of the Wednesday Wrap. The day I found out I had to do this week’s Wednesday Wrap, I was clueless as to what I should write. Then I witnessed an awful and bizarre…
The Parcel Yard, is inside King’s Cross Station. I went there a while back and had a really good evening with a friend and some Hendrick’s gin… It’s quite a busy pub but because it is so big that shouldn’t make it hard to get around inside, unlike some pubs and bars which are a…
The National Rail assisted travelling service, which provides help for less-able passengers, say that: “the experience of travelling by rail, when you book in advance, is second to none, you will not get that service anywhere else on any other modes of transport”. We wondered if this is something that fits in with our readers’…
Greenford is going to become the first tube station in England with an incline lift when work finishes there in 2015. The incline lift is an innovative new design that runs alongside the escalators making it easier to install than a traditional vertical lift. Incline lifts are already in use in many major European cities…
I am a lucky Londoner. I managed to get my hands on tickets for two Olympic events. As a wheelchair user, it is even more fortunate that the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games are set to be the ‘most accessible yet’ according to Transport For London (TFL). However, after testing out my route from…
You may have seen Lucy Webster previously reporting on the Coldplay concert (follow this link). Here she has ventured to Paris via Eurostar and there are some useful tips on the definition of disabled rooms as well as some tips on ‘ligging’ preferential entry to the sites – Editor. Having just finished my AS exams, I wanted to…
On a recent visit to Kaohsiung (Taiwan’s second city, population around 3 million) I was struck by the excellent disabled facilities that put London to shame. Firstly each stop of the new underground system seems to have disabled lift access direct to the platforms. Also there is only a small gap and no step up/down…