The Commmittee wanted to know what Londoners thought about the accessibility of transport and what more action was needed to address their needs.

Inclusion London consulted DDPOs in London and passed on views based on its survey and the similar work done to inform our submission to the Mayor's (then) proposed Transport Strategy earlier this year.

The investigation is focusing on the experience of Londoners who rely on the public transport network but whose mobility is restricted in some way. This includes disabled people, older people and parents with buggies and young children. The Committee is taking a ‘whole journey’ approach considering accessibility issues at each stage in a journey from planning the journey to undertaking the trip on different types of public transport such as buses, the Tube and London Overground rail.

The Committee wants to identify the extent to which current measures designed to improve the accessibility of Transport for London (TfL)’s services meet the needs of those with reduced mobility. It is also assessing the scale of the challenge in making the transport network accessible for the projected increasing numbers of people with reduced mobility.

The Committee held a meeting to discuss the issues on 23rd June, which Inclusion London attended. A further meeting will be held later in the year - we will advertise it when we have details.

You can read the views that we submitted to the committee from the link on the right.