Access to public land transport

Published 21 July 2009, Posted in National

Review of Progress towards accessible land transport - Disabled people’s views sought.

The Human Rights Commission is reviewing the progress towards making all public land transport services accessible to disabled people.

It is now three years since the Commission published the Accessible Journey report. As part of the process the Commission wants to hear about disabled people’s experience of using public land transport services.

The Commission wants to hear both positive experiences and also of situations where barriers still remain. Disabled people have until the 30th July 2009 to fill in a survey about their experiences over the past year of using or trying to use public land transport services.

The review is also seeking information from the original submitters, regional and local government, central government agencies, public transport providers and professional associations.

If you would like to take part in the survey and the review of progress please visit the link:

http://www.hrc.co.nz/home/hrc/disabledpeople/inquiryintoaccessiblepubliclandtransport/whatsnew.php

Where you can:

• read the Fact Sheet explaining the background to the Inquiry and outlining progress to date
• read the Plain Language Fact Sheet an easy-to-read format
• complete the on-line survey
• print out the PDF version

The fact sheet and survey are also available in Braille and audio formats. If you would like either of these formats please contact Rose Wilkinson at ABC NZ, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or Phone 04 389 0033