Disabled Residents Urged to Shape New Lymm Access Improvements

Disabled residents urged to shape new Lymm access improvements

Lymm Parish Council has set up a new working group to hear from disabled residents and visitors about day-to-day access barriers in the village.

Disabled access House of Commons debate puts taxi availability and wheelchair provision back under scrutiny

The taxi industry was pulled into a wider House of Commons debate on transport accessibility this week, as MPs warned that disabled passengers are still being left with too few reliable door-to-door travel options when buses and trains fall short. During the debate Ruth Cadbury, chair of the Transport Committee, said the committee’s earlier work on disabled people’s access to transport had continued to inform scrutiny of “buses, taxis and the st…