To BCA SA, InsightSA, beyond blindness & others
Many members keep me notified as to issues they have with public transport &
here is an opportunity to voice those concerns.
A few years ago, Tony Starkie & I were involved in the department of
transport's forum which led to a document called Whole of Journey. This can
be located
<https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/whole-journey/guid
e/index.aspx> The Whole Journey: A guide for thinking beyond compliance to
create accessible public transport journeys. I always remember one of the
senior managers responding as to why the new fleet were red & he responded
that the Minister wanted people to know what was new & did not consider
vision impairment as to yellow being easier to see especially early morning,
later afternoon or when overcast.
It was to be a guide for thinking beyond compliance to create accessible
public transport journeys.
The Guide sought to encourage policy makers, planners, designers, builders,
certifiers and operators to think beyond compliance and the physical and
governance boundaries of services and infrastructure and focus instead on
people's accessibility needs across their whole journey.
The Whole Journey Guide was endorsed by all state and territory transport
Ministers at the Transport and Infrastructure Council meeting held on 10
November 2017. The guide was developed following a comprehensive
consultation process involving all the major stakeholders including
disability non-government organisations, public transport providers, and all
levels of government, service providers and other interested individuals.
The Consultation Regulation Impact Statement for reforms for the Disability
Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 is currently out for public
consultation. To support public participation. We are hosting 6 online
consultation forums to help people get involved in the reform process and
have their say.
The forums will be held over two weeks commencing 12th of April 2021 and
will be professionally facilitated to ensure participants have an
opportunity to contribute their views. There will be specific sessions for
the disability community, the transport industry and open sessions for all
participants. Online registrations for each session are required in advance.
The session times are listed below for your information. To register for one
of the sessions and for more information, visit our
<https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=QiCd6ePBE02mDiDTuzkXfPj
8qiKqVZJCvkUSxRGi6ClUMFFESzNGM1JKOTFPMUdBWkhDTktRRDAxQiQlQCN0PWcu> online
registration form.
Sessions are as follows:
* Monday 12 April 2021 2:00-3:30pm (AEST) - Disability Community
* Wednesday 14 April 2021 11am-12:30pm (AEST) - All Participants
* Tuesday 20 April 2021 10:00am-11:30am (AEST) - Disability Community
* Tuesday 20 April 2021 2:00pm-3:30pm (AEST) - All Participants
* Thursday 22 April 2021 1:00pm-2:30pm (AEST) - Disability Community
In order to ensure the widest possible coverage and response to the CRIS,
could you please assist us by advertising the online consultation sessions
via your information networks.
For more information please visit our website
<https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/index.aspx>
https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/index.aspx. ;
There are a number of ways people can provide feedback including through a
short survey, through a written submission or they can contact us on our
Disability Transport Standards phone line (02 6274 6188). Further
information can be found on our website -
<https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/have-your-say/>
https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/have-your-say/.
Aspects that I have been responsible for getting changed include
1. More notice to get off buttons on trams when they were prior only by
the doors
2. Getting the voice over messages in a mid range male voice based on
the National Acoustic Laboratory's advice as to the aging population &
associate loss of higher tones.
Dr David Squirrell Retired Medical Consultant
* Blind Citizens Australia (Adelaide Branch) President
* BCA National Policy Committee
* DeafBlind Australia National Board Vice President
* SAAS Community & Consumer Advisory Committee - Disability Rep
* SAAS Clinical Governance Committee - Community Rep
* Adelaide City Council Access & Social Inclusion Committee -
Disability Rep
* Electoral Disability Advisory Committee - Disability rep
* Marion Council environment & footpath risk assessment (Hallett Cove
region)
* Disaster Resilience Committee - Disability rep
* SA Government On Line Web Access committee
* Paul Harris Fellow & Member Paul Harris Society
* 2019 Blind Aust of the Year Award finalist
* 2020 Australian of the year award finalist
