TRANSPORT PROVISION FOR DISABLED PEOPLE IN SCOTLAND
Footnotes
1. Despite a large number of efforts, one local authority did not provide information.
2. Scottish Office (1999) "Transport Provision for Disabled People in Scotland" Reid - Howie Associates for the Scottish Office, Edinburgh
3. DRC (1996) "The Disability Discrimination Act : Definition Of Disability" DL60, DRC London
4. DETR (2000) "Older people: Their transport needs and requirements" DETR, London
5. Help the Aged (1998) "SARA: The Top Four Issues. Help the Aged Transport Council Report, London
6. http://www.drc.gov.uk/campaigns/campaigndetails.asp?id=112
7. Disability Rights Task Force (1999) "From Exclusion to Inclusion" Cabinet Office, London
8. DPTAC (2002) "Inclusive Mobility" Department of Transport, London
9. DRC website
10. Internal working document provided to this research
11. DRC (2002) "Disability in Scotland: A Baseline Study", DRC, Edinburgh
12. DWP (2002) "'Disabled for life?' attitudes towards, and experiences of, disability in Britain", DWP, London
13. DRC (2002a) "Disability in Scotland 2002: Key Facts and Figures" DRC, Edinburgh
14. DPTAC (2002) op cit
15. Martin, J., Meltzer, H. and Elliot, D. (1988) "The Prevalence of Disability Among Adults" London : HMSO)
16. Oxley, P. and Alexander, J. (1994) "Disability and Mobility in London - A Follow Up to the London Area Travel Survey" Project Report No. 34, Department of Transport
17. Scottish Office (1999) op cit
18. DRC (2002a, op cit)
19. DFT (2001) "Older people: Their transport needs and requirements" Department for Transport, London
20. The guide "Inclusive Mobility" prepared by Philip Oxley for DPTAC provides a comprehensive range of suggested improvements
21. DETR (2002) op cit
22. DETR (2001) "Attitudes of Disabled People to Public Transport" DETR, London
23. DETR (2002) op cit
24. DETR (2002) op cit
25. "Recommended minimum training standard for staff assisting disabled people", MACS 2003, Rosyth
26. "Valuable for anyone, valuable for everyone - providing accessible information about travel", MACS 2003, Rosyth
27. MACS (2004) "Recommended minimum training standard for staff assisting disabled people", MACS Rosyth
28. A subsection relating to the duties of contractors has been edited out.
29. Two respondents made specific and unfavourable comparisons with the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000, the provisions of which were introduced fully within a matter of months of the legislation being enacted.
30. "Train and Station Services for Disabled Passengers: A Code of Practice" Strategic Rail Authority
31. Edited from the original
32. DfT (2003) "Access to Air Travel for Disabled People - Code of Practice" London, Department for Transport.
33. DPTAC (2003) "Access to Air Travel: guidance for disabled and less mobile passengers" London, DPTAC.
34. As noted earlier, DPTAC intends to consult during 2004 on the development of a standard for aircraft toilets.
35. From the Scot Airways website, current January 2004.
36. DPTAC (2000) "The Design of Large Passenger Ships and Passenger Infrastructure: guidance on meeting the needs of disabled people" London, DPTAC
37. The exception was Argyll and Bute
38. Taxi card schemes provide disabled people with a fixed number of subsidised journeys, and are described on more detail later in this section.
39 Although it is recognised that "disability equality training" is now the preferred approach, this section reflects the conditions set out by local authorities.
Capability Scotland Report "The Influence of Public Transport Provision on the Social Exclusion of Disabled People in Scotland"