Comments on: ‘Fit for the Future’? What ticket office closures mean for Londoners with disabilities https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/fit-for-the-future-what-ticket-office-closures-mean-for-londoners-with-disabilities/ Left Foot Forward is the home for UK progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy. Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: Leon Wolfeson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/fit-for-the-future-what-ticket-office-closures-mean-for-londoners-with-disabilities/#comment-706835 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:21:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=100605#comment-706835 In reply to Ian C.

Yes, plenty, we’re well behind on accessibility.

]]> By: Ian C https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/fit-for-the-future-what-ticket-office-closures-mean-for-londoners-with-disabilities/#comment-706671 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 07:46:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=100605#comment-706671 I understand there will be manual boarding ramps at every tube station where they can be used, by this summer. Not sure how the new ticket office/staff arrangements will affect accessibility or board deployment. As a (non-disabled) tube user since the late 70s I’ve seen TfL make leaps & bounds in accessibility over the last few years. Is there a more accessible transport system in any other major city?

]]> By: Leon Wolfeson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/fit-for-the-future-what-ticket-office-closures-mean-for-londoners-with-disabilities/#comment-706651 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 23:35:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=100605#comment-706651 In reply to Ian.

…Which makes access to transport to work more and not less important.

]]> By: Ian https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/fit-for-the-future-what-ticket-office-closures-mean-for-londoners-with-disabilities/#comment-706643 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 21:33:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=100605#comment-706643 In reply to Leon Wolfeson.

I know public transport is bad for disabled people, especially wheelchair users, but the WCA has become literally a matter of life and death for many people. I, personally, am expecting the dreaded DWP envelope any time soon and do not know how I’ll cope if they do their worst. The fact that Labour are too cowardly to even mention the WCA and the deaths it is responsible for show just what a wretched, gutless bunch they are.

As for Rachel ‘go away, dole scum’ Reeves, any party that allows that creature to fester in its midst doesn’t deserve to be in government.

]]> By: Leon Wolfeson https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/fit-for-the-future-what-ticket-office-closures-mean-for-londoners-with-disabilities/#comment-706605 Tue, 24 Mar 2015 15:44:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=100605#comment-706605 In reply to Ian.

Actually, no, this is also critically important. Access to transport is a major factor in access to work, for instance, for disabled people. Having to, say, take a 120 minute bus journey (through traffic, hence the lenght) to and from work rather than a 25 minute tube ride…is something several wheelchair-using people I know may well face.

]]> By: Ian https://leftfootforward.org/2015/03/fit-for-the-future-what-ticket-office-closures-mean-for-londoners-with-disabilities/#comment-706555 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:34:00 +0000 https://leftfootforward.org/?p=100605#comment-706555 I think the WCA deaths and stress (and Labour’s spineless refusal to address the whole WCA issue) is of more importance to sick and disabled people than this.

Typical Labour – ducking the tough questions.

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