Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People
@gmcdp.bsky.social & others recently wrote to Greater Manchester Combined Authority to outline legal obligations regarding barriers on traffic-free routes which inhibit the mobility of disabled people.
Here's the response (so far..)?
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@gmcdp.bsky.social & others recently wrote to Greater Manchester Combined Authority to outline legal obligations regarding barriers on traffic-free routes which inhibit the mobility of disabled people.
Here's the response (so far..)?
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Comments
And they employ paralympic champ Sarah Storey as AT Commissioner. She recently reiterated the vision of a "fully accessible, integrated PT/AT system"
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Especially considering a transport network is only as accessible as it's least accessible part.
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You'd surely want to meet & discuss a way forward, especially if you're using inclusivity to market your transport vision.
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From GM Mayor Andy Burnham @andyburnham.bsky.social GMCDP get the Bee Network bio and that no new infra will be inaccessible.
Good but known already.
No discussion of legacy infrastructure like barriers and making more AT routes accessible.
Says officers will respond.
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GMCA says they're creating an accessible network. Disabled people are highlighting inaccessibility. But at this strategic time, a meeting's premature...
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A network is not accessible if legacy inaccessibility isn't addressed.
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