[access-uk] Re: Accessible real time bus information systems.
- From: "Barry" <bbinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 07:02:15 +0100
I thought transport came in last year. Is there an extra part on transport
that didn't come in?
Barry H
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From: "Vince Thacker" <vince@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 9:41 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible real time bus information systems.
Jim, another quick footnote on this - am I right in thinking that parts of
the Disability Discrimination Act will be coming in up to about the year
2020? I understand that transport will one of the last parts to be
implemented, but it is there at the bottom of the agenda if I remember
rightly.
Vince
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From: "jim" <jim.doc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 6:56 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible real time bus information systems.
> Hi Chris,
>
> As I said to Vince, the Act is useless, unless there's a court case (case
> law) to make people that are installing these systems be responsible for
> making them accessible to all disabilities, I think the word is
> "reasonable" and they will always get round the law with that word. Unless
> someone knows differently!
>
> Regards.
> Jim.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher Maule-Oatway" <c.maule@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:14 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible real time bus information systems.
>
>
>> Hello Jim,
>>
>> Have you tried the three (magic?) letters D D A? It can certainly be
>> argued that, under the terms of the act, they should provide a system
>> accessible to all.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> At 19:22 06/04/06 +0100, you wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Carol,
>>>
>>>The first thing they said was how much (or not) money they have in the
>>>kitty! So if the technology was available, I'm sure it would be
>>>considered. However, I'm having a hard enough time trying to get them to
>>>even look into what technology is available now to make this system
>>>accessible.
>>>
>>>Thanks for your comments though its appreciated.
>>>Jim.
>>
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