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Accessible transport services have a vital part to play

Paul Beecham - Independent transport consultant, Hednesford, Staffordshire, WS12
17 June 2011
 

Gavin Smith’s Viewpoint article on accessible transport raises some interesting points but meeting the needs of people with reduced mobility cannot be done on the cheap and there is not a ‘one size fits all’ solution.

Integrated accessible public transport is certainly required, if some people are not to be excluded and society is to bear the far greater costs of supporting them in the home. That best value is obtained from accessible transport is also essential, especially in...

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