{"id":3883,"date":"2021-07-14T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/?p=3883"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:48:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:48:20","slug":"access-audits-to-remove-barriers-on-all-uk-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/news\/access-audits-to-remove-barriers-on-all-uk-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Access audits to remove barriers on all UK transport"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3883\" class=\"elementor elementor-3883\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb4f78c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"fb4f78c\" 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on buses and taxis. As access auditors for almost twenty years, we are excited by the prospect of increased equal access on a national scale. For people with disabilities, taxis, buses, and trains are a staple of day-to-day life, and disabled people\u2019s improved confidence in these services is one huge step closer to witnessing a more equal society for all, something which we strive to achieve every day at Direct Access.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal simplyweb-checked\"><span class=\"simplyweb-checked\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">The audit is set to include all UK train stations and was originally pledged in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, a policy paper that details a plan to identify improvements and highlight existing areas of excellence. The findings will be used to form a new public database so people can better plan their journeys.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Department for Public Transport will also work with Network Rail to introduce tactile paving to platforms as part of a new programme to improve safety. Other plans pledged in this policy paper include the development of a Passenger Assist App to improve communication between customers and rail staff, audible and visual announcements on buses, legislation to protect disabled people from being overcharged on public transport, and a crackdown on pavement parking to strengthen the safety of footpaths for vulnerable pedestrians.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd56615 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd56615\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ffec78\" data-id=\"1ffec78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9e6cb4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9e6cb4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b7b458\" data-id=\"2b7b458\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-209f578 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"209f578\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Direct Access has a long history of audits in the public transport sector. Some of our past clients include Virgin Trains, for who we provided access audits for their major intercity stations on the West Coast Mainline as well as introducing the first-ever Quiet Room for autistic travellers on the UK rail network at Crewe and Changing Places (specialist accessible toilet) facilities at Birmingham International. We have also provided audits for Runcorn, Lancaster, Rugby, and Penrith railway stations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Irrespective of the government\u2019s hopeful plans, it is important to recognise that there are still many services and businesses which do not consider the potential disabilities of their clientele. Direct Access can provide award-winning access audits by our NRAC Certified auditors regardless of your sector, advising on all aspects of accessibility with an in-depth knowledge of architecture, building regulations, and above all else, a team with unmatched first-hand perspectives of living with a disability.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc1fab0\" data-id=\"fc1fab0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-156f7c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"156f7c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Science-Trains-1024x428.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1596\" alt=\"A smiling man, Steve Dering, holding an iPad is stood in front of various old trains at the Science and Industry Museum.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Science-Trains-1024x428.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Science-Trains-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Science-Trains-768x321.jpg 768w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Science-Trains-1536x642.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Science-Trains-2048x857.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access audits to remove accessibility barriers on UK transport This month, the government announced a National Disability Strategy to build back fairer from COVID-19, which will include major access audits of all UK railway stations and new laws to boost accessibility standards on buses and taxis. 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