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Loabor Transport Access Forum - 15 March

Shadow Minister for Transport, Penny Sharpe will host a forum on how to make the public transport system accessible to all people. Ms Sharpe said that the forum on March 15 would have two aims: 1. To review and provide feedback to the NSW Government's Disability Action Plan; and 2. To allow public transport users – and in particular people with disabilities and other mobility issues – to talk about their experiences with public transport in Sydney and NSW more broadly. The media statement regarding the forum is below:

Event details

When

Mar 16, 2013
from 12:30 AM to 04:00 AM

Where

Parliament of NSW

Contact Name

Contact Phone

9230 2741

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Tuesday, 26 February 2013
TRANSPORT FOR ALL FORUM TO BE HELD AT NSW PARLIAMENT

Shadow Minister for Transport, Penny Sharpe today announced that NSW Labor will host a forum on how to make the public transport system accessible to all people.

Ms Sharpe said that the forum on March 15 would have two aims:

1. To review and provide feedback to the NSW Government's Disability Action Plan; and

2. To allow public transport users – and in particular people with disabilities and other mobility issues – to talk about their experiences with public transport in Sydney and NSW more broadly.

"The Disability Action Plan was quietly released late last year and has had little or no public attention given to it," Ms Sharpe said.

"I want to give commuters with a disability or mobility issues a chance to provide feedback on the plan.

"Please tell us your story about what the daily commute on our public transport system is like.

"By hosting the forum, I particularly want to draw attention to action that the Government could take straight away to improve the experience of people with disabilities in our trains, buses, ferries and taxis."

Discussion from the forum will be collated and provided to the NSW Government.

The idea for the forum came from a conversation Ms Sharpe had on Twitter with disABLED activist Alex Dennis (@miracleboi).

Mr Dennis commutes daily from Blacktown to the city and has publicly highlighted the flaws in the public transport system for people with a disability.
Transport for All will be held at the Parliament of NSW on Friday 15 March from 9.30am for 10am to 1pm.

For information about accessing the Parliament of NSW, please visit: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/DisabilityAccess
If you require any further information or special assistance, please call Cathy on 9230 2741 or email Penny at Penny.Sharpe@parliament.nsw.gov.au.