Is it becoming 'impossible' for disabled people to travel around London? 

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My and my wife are both wheelchair-users, we cannot travel together in one bus. Because of stupid TFL rules, forbidding two wheelchair-users going in one bus. At the Tube station staff are not often eager to help us. At the Acton Central Overground station, we were once told that they didn't help us because of coronavirus. At the Acton Town, the stuff don't help us but passangers lift me and my wife to the train. Only unmanned stations such as DLR are OK and a few fully accessible stations (Jubilee line) where we don't need to ask for a ramp. The TFL stuff is often very busy with their smartphones, the disabled passengers are only disturbance for them :-)

So true..... UK hates disabled people! I 100% can confirm that! My respect for all the people that work with disabled people and for all people that do something for others in need! I struggle to put food on the table every single day and currently care for a severely disabled person for free, because the UK's gov is too busy sending money and weapons to the Ukraine war. Shame to all politicians and leaders from all countries! They are all a disgrace and bring shame to humanity!

This is one thing America got right. When these things go through, disabled people are always at the table.

How about making the transport easier so we can get on and off without to much hassle

Absolute disgrace clearly they don’t give a dam about the disabled 😡

Coming fromThe States, I find it disgusting that the UK isn’t up the standards of the rest of the modern world

Mik and I were both commenting about this LTNs on twitter. Low traffic neighbourhoods have decanted all traffic into the surrounding streets and we can't even hail a taxi to get to hospitals etc.

Good Idea I am in a wheel Chair now and this is great that things like this are Happening

All a cycle lane needs to be is a painted line on the road. Separating it off completely with stupid wands or whatever is utter lunacy.

TFL and most local councils, they are practically getting away with discrimination against disabled and elderly people. Cycle lanes with barriers and LTNs blocking routes and causeing traffic. The excuse that they didn't take in account of how it may affect disabled and the elderly is laughable. They knew exactly what they were doing. Everything has a purpose to future plan to make London affordable for the rich only. This has nothing to do with green lifestyle but more to do with money. It's like these covid Road blocks, these plans were online and accessible to the public before the outbreak. They took advantage of the situation, an excuse not to have consultation. Can't wait until next election, especially the mayor election I'm counting down the days 😡

I heard about these changes and reform years ago and talked about during the 2012 Olympics in London

Surrey is been challenged by trying to bring back in Street scapes which were outlawed in 2014 as they put disabled users in danger.The avent of electric vehicles which are completely silent will mean street scapes must protect the pedestrians with hard kerbs, railings,removal of pavement carparking,further fines for chairs tables on the pavements, and bans on electric scooters. We now want the abolistion of the major of london with his imprisionment according to the law for his failure to allow disabled blind on the underground.

Mobility for people with physical disabilities is getting much easier, not more difficult. I wish the English would adopt positive thought rather than always criticising & complaining. You'd be surprised the body's response to affirmation rather than doubt.

An interesting vid' Mik - Is it not legal to pick up/drop off wheelchair users in cycle lane then - I thought there was an exemption? An awkward situation if not, for sure.

i wanna be abile to do the same

But you don’t need a ramp because you can just do a transfer.

wow, this is amazing

Helen.K

can you geach me this?

Hear hear

It's an absolute disgrace

bro I shouldn't of been born black, you shouldn't of been disabled it's London, deal with it

Azert k

Time to go to war! You are not DIS anything; you enabled! Go to your MPs and raise hell until you get legislation to get equal access!!! You do not get a break on your taxes; you should get better access.

i am islamic scholar from pakistan... i love London i love united kingdom..

really? is this the reason London can't ride to work? because of the very few disabled people who are affected by the cycle lanes he can't wheel himself a few meters down the street we can make things easier now but in 200years when the days are so hot that the people can't leave their houses then the nights are so cold the homeless die of hypothermia, we will go only if wheel chair guy wheeled himself a few meters to allow for more access for bikes this is a red herring this actually takes away from the point of global warming to focus on treatment of the disabled the point of those cycle lanes is to encourage the fat lazy people of London to stop driving their cars and ride a bike to work to save themselves and the planet to say "I can't do it because of the disabled is dishonest"

wow, this is amazing

i wanna be abile to do the same

wow, this is amazing