Events and Meetings
What’s on
Added: 19 March 2009 | Updated: 15 May 2012
Ealing Transport Action Group event – Bus Access
Wednesday 27th June, 2012 at 11am – 1pm
Elizabeth Cantell room, Ealing Town Hall, Uxbridge Road, W5 2BY
We know that complaints of bus drivers refusing access to wheelchair users, not giving people time to sit down, and leaving a big gap between bus and kerb are common.
Come and question Transport for London (TfL), local bus companies and drivers, and your London Assembly member Onkar Sahota (tbc) on what they are doing to make buses more inclusive and accessible.
Light refreshments will be provided. Please phone Transport for All on 020 7737 2339 if you’d like any info about travelling there.
Newham Transport Action Group meeting
Wednesday 16th May 2012, 1.30pm - 3pm
Beckton Community Centre, 14 East Ham Manor Way, E6 5NG (Hosted by Docklands Drop In)
Newham Council have recently announced plans to reduce the number of Taxicard trips that Taxicard members in the borough are entitled to.
Representatives from the Council will be coming to the meeting, and so we urge all Newham Taxicard users to attend so that we can put across our views about the effect that fewer Taxicard trips will have on our freedom and independence. You can find out more information about the council’s proposed reduction here.
There will also be an update on how transport in the borough will be affected during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and we will be planning a Travel Audit action too.
Do email if you’d like to have the agenda and minutes emailed out to you.
Light refreshments will be provided. Please phone Transport for All on 020 7737 2339 if you’d like any info about travelling there.
Previous events:
Brent Transport Action Group meeting on bus access
Thursday 29th March, 2012 at 11am – 1pm
Room 3, 2nd floor, Brent Association of Disabled People, Willesden Centre For Health And Care, Robson Avenue, Harlesden, London NW10 3RY
Brent Transport Action Group will be quizzing transport providers about improving bus accessibility. Representatives from local bus company Metroline and Transport for London will be present to answer your questions and hear your experiences of travelling on buses, and Navin Shah, Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow, will also be there to answer your questions about transport more generally.
- What are bus companies doing to ensure that bus drivers don’t prevent wheelchair users from boarding?
- Is enough being done to improve their bus driver training?
- What should you do if a bus driver moves off before you are safely seated?
Get your voice heard by Transport for London and local bus companies. Light refreshments will be provided. Please phone Transport for All on 020 7737 2339 if you’d like any info about travelling there.
Mayoral Hustings
Coin Street Community Builders, 108 Stamford Street South Bank, London SE1 9NH
When: Tuesday 20th March 2012, 10.30am – 1.30pm
Inclusion London and Transport for All be holding a question time style hustings event and putting the main political parties in the hot seat.
Access to transport services in particular are a huge issue in the lives of disabled and older Londoners; and questions about plans to improve the accessibility of the Tube, bus access and funding for key door to door services are set to figure highly.
Make sure the next Mayor hears your views and concerns!
To book, register your questions and find out about access arrangements, please contact Inclusion London: libby.oakley@inclusionlondon.co.uk, or phone 020 7237 3181, or by SMS 0771 839 4687. Deadline for booking a place is 14th March (please inform us of your access requirements by 5th March)
Redbridge Transport Action Group: Dial-a-Ride – Working reliably for all members?
Monday 12th March 2012, 11am – 1pm
Venue: Gloucester Room, Ilford Central Library, Clements Road, 1G1 1EA
Joyce Mamode, Head of Passenger Services at Dial-A-Ride, will be coming to speak to the group about Dial-A-Ride and its future; and also take your questions and complaints about the service. Roger Evans, the Conservative London Assembly Member for Redbridge and Havering, will then speak and take your questions about transport concerns more generally.
The London Assembly Transport Committee wrote a report on the state of Dial-A-Ride service in 2010. They found that although satisfaction with completed journeys was high, too many people still find it difficult to get through or book a trip.
- 66% of members had waited 10 minutes or more to be put through to an operator
- 60% of users reported they are sometimes denied journeys
- 60% had been offered only a single trip when they needed a return journey
This is an accessible venue, but should you have specific requirements, for example, a speech–to–text or a signer, please contact Transport for All by 7th March. Refreshments will be provided
Crossrail: Accessible for All?
Tuesday 17th January, 2 – 4pm; Ealing Centre for Independent Living (ECIL) , 1 Bayham Road, London W13 0TQ
John Goldsmith from Crossrail will be speaking to the Ealing Transport Action Group about the plans for Crossrail in the borough, and taking your questions on how Crossrail can be made accessible to everyone
Refreshments will be provided.
For more information, or if you have any specific access requirements such as speech-to-text translation, please contact Transport for All on 020 7737 2339.
Demonstration for step-free access at Ladbroke Grove station
Monday 5th December, 5.30 pm to 6 pmLadbroke Grove Tube station
Ladbroke Grove station was promised a lift a few years back – but this was cancelled; and now a fresh round of cuts is threatening stepfree access throughout London. The demo aims to bring attention to the issue of step free access to public transport ahead of next year’s Mayoral and GLA elections.
Transport for All will be speaking, and Ken Livingstone will be speaking, as well as Val Shawcross AM (Labour’s GLA Spokesperson for Transport) and Jennette Arnold AM (Labour’s GLA Spokesperson for Equality and Diversity).
Please phone Transport for All on 020 7737 2339 if you’d like any info about travelling there.
Doing Transport Differently: 30 years’ progress on inclusive transport & the challenges ahead
Wednesday 7th December, 12:30 – 16:00Greenwich, London. (Venue details will be sent out prior to event)
Disability rights organisation Radar is holding a free seminar on transport, to debate how far we have come in the last 30 years. Panellists will consider the most important challenges ahead and how to ensure disabled people can voice priorities directly to operating companies.
The panel includes Paul Maynard MP (Chair – Transport Select Committee), Liz Sayce from Radar, Alice Maynard from Future Inclusion, David Sindall from ATOC, Mark Rose from Network Rail, Nigel Dotchin from the Department for Transport, Jocelyn Pearson from Passenger Focus, and our very own Faryal Velmi from Transport for All.
Please RSVP to intern@radar.org.uk by Wednesday 30 November indicating whether you need any additional adjustments – the venue is wheelchair accessible and there is sign language interpretation. And let us know that you’re coming – contactus@transportforall.org.uk – so we can look out for you there!
Brent Transport Action Group
Tuesday 29th November, 11am – 1pmBrent Association of Disabled People (BADP), Willesden Centre for Health & Care, Robson Avenue, NW10 3SG
The guest speaker will be Laura Warren from the London Assembly Transport Committee. She will be giving a talk about the work of the London Assembly’s Transport Committee, and how it addresses the transport needs of London’s older and disabled transport users.
If you’d like to come, please contact Jimmy on 020 8451 3822 extn 223, to confirm your attendance.
If you are unable to confirm your presence, you are still welcome to come to the meeting. However, refreshments may have finished by the time you arrive.
If you wish to discuss any issues with me prior to the meeting, or have any particular accessibility requirements, please feel free to get in touch.
On the Buses Day of Action, Tuesday 6th September
“On the buses” day has been organised for 6th September. Disabled and older Londoners will be gathering at 10:30am at four meeting points around London:
- Vauxhall Station (88 bus stop)
- Liverpool Street Station (11 bus stop)
- Camden Town Station (88 bus stop)
- Marylebone Station (453 bus stop)
We will then board London buses to Westminster (Parliament Square), where we will go to the Abbey Centre for lunch and ‘question time’ Senior figures from Transport for London, various bus companies and the London Assembly have been invited to attend. You will have your chance to put your questions to the panel!
The event ends at 3pm and includes free lunch and tea.
If you would like to take part, please register by 16th August. Contact Lianna Etkind, Campaigns and Outreach Co-ordinator at Transport for All via email or phone 020 7737 2339. Places are limited.
Transport for All are at Liberty 2011
3rd September 2011, 1 to 7.30 pm
Venue: South Bank Centre and National Theatre, London
Liberty is the arts and cultural festival showcasing the work of deaf and disabled artists. Transport for All will have a stall at the Royal Festival Hall, so come and say hello, tell us your transport gripes, take a campaign action for accessible transport, and hear more about our work!
Redbridge Transport Action Group
Thursday 21st July 2011, 11am – 1pm
Venue: York Room, Ilford Central Library, Clements Road, 1G1 1EA
Redbridge Transport Action Group will be quizzing transport providers about improving bus accessibility. Representatives from local bus garages and Transport for London will be present to answer your questions and hear your experiences of travelling on buses.
- What should you do if a bus driver moves off before you are safely seated?
- What are bus companies doing to ensure that bus drivers don’t prevent wheelchair users from boarding?
- Is enough being done to improve their bus driver training?
- Will the New Bus for London be more accessible?
Get your voice heard by Transport for London and local bus companies. Light refreshments will be provided.
Able2Travel event, Hounslow
19th May 2011, 10am to 4pm
Venue: Open Area, Ground Floor Annex, Civic Centre
Transport for All are speaking at an event hosted by the London Borough of Hounslow about transport access and safety on the buses.
The event will provide an opportunity to talk about your travel experiences on Hounslow buses. You will get information on how to complain about the bus services, report any incidents of safety on the buses and discuss bus design issues.
The event will also include a session for disabled people to talk about the impact of the Taxicard scheme proposals. The day will give you a chance to talk to Bus Operators, Transport for London, the Metropolitan Police and the Council.
If you are interested in attending, please contact Celia Golden 02085832566. Travel can be provided.
Lambeth Transport Action Group Launch
Thursday 17th March 2011, 1.30 – 3.30 pm
Venue: 336 Brixton Rd, London SW9 7AA
Lambeth Transport Action Group will campaign to make the borough’s transport more accessible to disabled and older people.
We will be discussing the cuts to Taxicard in the borough, and what actions we can take to get the council to rethink their decision. Southwark have reinstated double swiping. Let’s get it back for Lambeth residents too.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Ealing Transport Action Group Launch
Tuesday 1st March 2011, 1 – 3 pm
Venue: ECIL, 1 Bayham Road, West Ealing, W13
Ealing Transport Action Group will campaign to make the borough’s transport more accessible to disabled and older people. Come and have your say over what our campaigning priorities should be. Light refreshments will be provided.
If you would like free community transport to the event, please call Ealing Community Transport on 020 8813 3210.
For more information call TfA on 020 7737 2339 or email lianna@transportforall.org.uk
Public Consultation on Transport
Wednesday 19th January 2011, 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Greenford Assembly Rooms, UB6 9QN
Join Boris Johnson, local councillors and Transport for London representatives for a discussion of transport issues.
Transport for All and older and disabled residents will be present and hope to raise the issue of Taxicard cuts.
Ealing Disability Connect meeting – Focus on Taxicard
Tuesday 18th January 2011, 2 – 4 pm
1 Bayham Road, West Ealing, W13
Transport for All director Faryal Velmi will be explaining the how and why cuts have been imposed on the Taxicard scheme in Ealing, and what you can do to campaign against these cuts. Some councils, such as Camden, Hillingdon and Sutton, have not imposed these cuts. Adenike Tilleray, the Council officer responsible for the card, will also be present.
Come and give your views.