DEMOCRACY DISABILITY and SOCIETY GROUP

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TRANSPORT EVENT 27th November 2001

SOLUTIONS AND ACTION PLAN

1 Training and awareness raising

The key challenge is to change the culture and attitude of many taxi and bus drivers towards disability.

Edinburgh Council, bus and taxi companies should ensure:

2 Dialogue and information

All present agreed that the Event provided a great opportunity to learn from each other in an informal, problem-solving way.

Edinburgh Council should:

Edinburgh Council, bus and taxi companies should:

3 On the Buses

Accessible, cheap and reliable public transport is the best option for many disabled people, yet most cannot use buses at present.

Edinburgh Council and bus companies should:

4 Bus stops and kerbs

Edinburgh Council and bus companies should:

5 Taxis

Edinburgh Council and taxi companies should:

6 Taxi card scheme

Edinburgh Council should:

7 Complaints procedures

Edinburgh Council, bus and taxi companies should:

8 Activism

The DDS Group will:

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