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Footnotes

1. Oxley, P., "The Mobility of Disabled People - Phase 2 of a Study on the Use of Transport by Disabled People." ( TRRL Contractor Report 157, 1989).
2. Meadows, T, "Living and Working in the City for the Handicapped. Getting Around: A Perspective from Experience." (Eurohandicap Conference, Montpellier, June 1992).
3. "traveline and Transport Direct Disabilities Customer Research." (Department for Transport, April 2004).
4. Oxley, P. and Alexander, J., "Disability and Mobility in London: A Follow up to the London Area Travel Survey" (Cranfield Institute of Technology, January 1994).
5. Freund, P. (2001) "Bodies, Disability and Spaces: the Social Model and Disabling Spatial Organisations", Disability & Society, 16, pp. 689-706
6. "Guidance on the use of tactile paving surfaces: Guidance for local authorities on the use of tactile surfaces on pavements". (Department for Transport, Published in January 1999, modified in April 2005).
7. "Researching the experiences and needs of blind and partially sighted people in the West Midlands." (Centro, 2004). West Midlands Multi-Modal Study (2001) for the Government Office for the West Midlands
8. "Review of Class 2 and Class 3 Powered Wheelchairs and Scooters (Invalid Carriages)" (Department for Transport, Forthcoming).
9. Sense Scotland, "'Downtown': A Sense Scotland Survey of How Disabled People Access our Towns and Cities". (June, 2005).
10. MORI, "Attitudes of Disabled People to Public Transport", (Research Study Conducted for the Disabled Persons Advisory Committee ( DPTAC), 2001).
11. "Making Private Hire Services More Accessible for Disabled People", ( DPTAC, March 2004).
12. These findings are confirmed by research conducted by DPTAC into the transport needs of disabled people, and studies undertaken for the Department for Transport, the Scottish Executive (ref: Transport Provision for Disabled People in Scotland: Progress since 1998), and as part of the West Midlands Multi-Modal Study.
13. "Assessment of Kneeling Systems on Buses." (Department for Transport, forthcoming).
14. "Rail Travel in Britain for passengers with disabilities." (Rail International,2004).
15. "Improving Mobility and Access for People with Cognitive Impairments." (European Commission, DG for Employment and Social Affairs, 2005).
16. Henderson, S., and Henderson, B., "Transport Provision for Disabled people in Scotland." (Development Department Research Programme Research Findings No.76, 1999).
17. traveline Research Project for Department for Transport, Final Report February 2003 by Transport & Travel Research Ltd
18. Oxley, P., "Inclusive Mobility: A Guide to Best Practice on Access to Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure." (Department for Transport, 2002).
19. The Department for Transport and the British Healthcare Trades Association ( BHTA) have issued advice to wheelchair users on public transport in "Get Wheelchair Wise", which is available from the Department for Transport's Mobility and Inclusion Unit.
20. Disability Rights Commission, Code of Practice Supplement to Part 3 Code of Practice, Provision and use of transport vehicles (this is a draft Code for Consultation purposes only)
21. "traveline and Transport Direct Disabilities Customer Research." (Department for Transport, April 2004).
22. "The Influence of public transport provision on the social exclusion of disabled people in Scotland". (Capability Scotland: www.capability-scotland.org.uk ).
23. Whitelegg, J. "Critical Mass. Transport, Environment and Society in the Twenty-first Century." (London, 1997).
24. Lucas, K., Grosvenor, K.. & Simpson, R. "Transport, the Environment and Social Exclusion.' (Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2001).
25. Baeten, G., "The Tragedy of the Highway Empowerment, Disempowerment and the Politics of Sustainability Discourses and Practices." European Planning Studies, Vol. 8, No.1, (2000).
26. Church, A., Frost, M. & Sullivan, K., "Transport and social exclusion in London." Transport Policy, Vol. 7, p.p.195-205, (2000).
27. "Manual for Assessing the Impacts of Transport Policy on Social Exclusion." (European Commission, DG for Employment and Social Affairs, 2003).
28. "Public Consultation for the West Midlands Multi-Modal Study". (Unpublished report for the Government Office for the West Midlands, 2000).
29. "Researching the experiences and needs of blind and partially sighted people in the West Midlands." (Centro, 2004).
30. Disabled adults refer to those respondents who indicated they do have a disability and those who indicated they have both a disability and LT illness
31. Older smaller households are categorised as households containing one adult of non-pensionable age and one of pensionable age and no children, or two adults of pensionable age and no children