Success at Lords Committee: amendments for transport integration receive cross-party support.
We were pleased to work with peers on these vital changes, and will continue pressing the govt to adopt them as the Railways Bill moves forward.
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![But Emily Sullivan (née Yates), a disabled researcher in equality and human rights, and ABC’s co-founder, who first spotted that the accessibility duty had been omitted from the consultation document, said: “This is a huge step back from the long-standing commitment that GBR would have statutory duties on accessibility and the environment.
“Both have been dropped, despite being well-acknowledged as the most urgent social justice issues in transport.
“Even more worrying, the duties have been dropped in the context of extremely vague and confused proposals for regulation.
“The idea that [the existing passenger watchdog] Transport Focus might produce and monitor the accessible travel policies, for example, is astounding.
“What’s actually needed is much stronger regulation of accessibility – closer to the level of importance that safety is given by the railway, not absorbed into consumer rights and ‘passenger experience’ monitoring.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wxfk4zaeq56wwcbdhqsp42ty/bafkreifk2ooymkz72yukpxbd5bufzfnis2eb4d4fyctwn52efq3coot3m4)
