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Website launched to help disabled people travel around Greater Bristol
Extract taken from a latest news release as issued by Bristol City Council, Tuesday 6 February 2007
Particularly aimed at disabled people and less mobile people, the website is designed to be completely accessible to all users. The clear layout means that it is easy to navigate. The font size and colours have been carefully chosen so that visually impaired people and people who use a screen reader can understand the text. Updated every month, the information is unlikely to become out-of-date.
Who is behind it ?
The website http://www.gettingaboutgreaterbristol.org/ was established by Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset councils working with Bristol Physical Access Chain and an independent consultant. It will help fill the gap left by Tripscope, a well-used and popular information and advice line that finished at the end of March 2006. The new website links to the webpages of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC), who advise the UK Government on access for disabled people to transport. The site will significantly improve upon the only area specific information currently circulating - the 'Getting About' booklet last published by Avon County Council in 1997.
Joint statement
'If you are a disabled person wanting to travel into and around Greater Bristol, our joint work showed that there was no up-to-date, reliable resource that you could consult to find out what transport was accessible. This new website delivers information such as which rail stations are step free or have ramps, what bus services are wheelchair-accessible, and what community transport is available. This website should help disabled and less mobile people plan their trip from start to finish'
Cllr Sir Elgar Jenkins from Bath & North East Somerset Council, Cllr Dennis Brown from Bristol City Counci, Cllr John Crockford-Hawley from North Somerset Council and Cllr Pat Hockey from South Gloucestershire Council said in a joint statement
