
Catherine Marris
@catmarris
#mobility professional specialising in #accessibility, leading on #partnerships and #policy at Open Road Access (ORA). Views my own! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
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14-08-2019 10:03:34
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📚 Half of young disabled people experience anxiety or stress when planning public transport journeys. This key finding is from our recent research, carried out by Savanta UK, the first to focus on young disabled people's transport experiences. Read more bit.ly/40yTo0W






'Just Transition: draft plan for transport in Scotland 'has been published and is out for consultation until May 19th. If you work with disabled people, please make sure that they have a voice. Transport Scotland buff.ly/qg6LQ0h

📢 Exploring the roles and responsibilities of accessible transport staff in local government, National Centre for Accessible Transport has published their Equipping Councils for Change report - read it in full here: bit.ly/4iekL6R



good to hear Sarah Sharples DfT talk about wanting to use research more effectively in the multimodal transport planning here at the Connected Places Catapult Summit #accessibletransport


⚡ The year-long PAS 1899 technical review wrapped up last week. The process has taken a huge amount of work across multiple organisations, ably led by Motability Foundation, the Department for Transport and BSI UK, and tackled key concerns while maintaining a minimum standard of accessibility







