Streetscene Dialogue A DBU delegation of John, Karl and Maureen joined Living Streets advocate Brenda Peuch to meet Hackney’s Streetscene officers on Dec 19th to raise issues from our recent Transport Report (disabilitybackup.org.uk/lobbying.php) and feed into preparations for Hackney’s new Transport Strategy, updating the last one, which ran from 2006-2011. A public consultation will run from April-May 2013 but DBU was able to get in on the ‘pre-consultation’ stage to raise our concerns. Issues discussed included icy pavements, pavement parking, road crossings, Toucan crossings, cycle parking, street seating, shared spaces (when bikes, cars and pedestrians are supposed to ‘share’ the same space), bus stops, access to overground stations and accessible parking. Hackney’s Parking Dept is experimenting with stickers on the poles at parking spaces for disabled people warning cyclists not to lock their bikes to them and making them inaccessible. If you see a sticker on a post please let us know. Stops should be fully accessible, except for ten involved in larger developments. Hackney will also do a follow up survey to the one carried out in 2006, which showed that 65 bus stops were not accessible out of 205. Unfortunately this does not include bus stops on the main roads which Transport for London Is responsible for. John also attended a meeting of the Council’s Regulatory Committee, which agreed a zero tolerance policy of street clutter such as ‘A’ boards, which can make streets impassable for wheelchair users and dangerous for people with visual impairments. We are also pressing for the Committee to carry out an annual audit of all the things which can make navigating the streets difficult for disabled people such as tables and chairs. disabilitybackup.org.uk/lobbying/Lobbying-Getting-There-Transport-Report-2012-10-222.pdf
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:43:42 +0000
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