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Transport for all
By Irina Papancheva
Policy Officer
The right to transport
• Transport is essential for integration and
participation in economic and social life
• Non-accessibility is discriminatory – UN
Convention on the rights of persons with
disabilities
• Some adaptations are necessary so transport is
accessible for all
UN Convention on the rights of
persons with disabilities
• In force since May 2008, ratified by Austria, Germany,
Hungary, Italy, Slovenia and Sweden, currently ratification
discussed by the European Community
• Article 9 - Accessibility
- roads and transportation must be accessible
- States Parties shall “develop, promulgate and monitor the
implementation of minimum standards and guidelines for
the accessibility of facilities and services open or provided
to the public”
- States Parties shall “provide training for stakeholders on
accessibility issues facing persons with disabilities”
• More information:
http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=259
EDF main demands 1
• Mainstream solutions better than
specialised ones – but some ‘door to
door’ services will always be
necessary
• “Design for all” is the way forward
• Accessibility means more than
physical accessibility (information,
assistance, training of personnel,
safety…)
EDF main demands 2
• Legislation is necessary but detailed
standards are also needed
• No gaps in travel chain
• Permanent solutions
• Accessible complaints
• No fare discrimination
• Involvement of DPOs
Current situation in the EU
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Contribution to EU legislation and standards - most
recent developments:
- Regulation on the rights of passengers travelling by
air – in force since 2008
- Regulation on the rights of passengers in bus and
coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No
2006/2004 - plenary vote on 23 April 2009
- Regulation on the rights of passengers when
traveling by sea and inland waterway - plenary vote on 23
April 2009
- Regulation on rail passengers’ rights and
obligations – Chapter 5 deales with disabled passengers
- to enter into force in January 2010
Regulation 1371/2007:
Requirements
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Non-discrimination access rules, established with the
active involvement of representative organisations of
persons with disabilities
Accompanying person may be required only when it is
“strictly necessary”
Information on the accessibility of the rail services and
facilities on board
Accompanying person may be required only when it is
“strictly necessary”
Accessibility of station, rolling stock and other facilities
Free of charge assistance at stations – 48 hour
notification and appearance at last 60 min before the
departure
Compensation for lost or damaged mobility equipment
without financial limit
•>> Equal access to transport
Accessible transport requires:
• Seamless transport chain
• Consultation with disabled users and
representative disability organisations
• Investment
• Accessibility standards
- the EU legislation does not contain standards
but requirement
- standards are developed on the basis of these
requirements
- more information via the National
Standartisations Bodies and at the European
Comittee for Standartization website http://www.cen.eu/cenorm/homepage.htm
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Stakeholders at EU level
• Community of European Railways (CER) customer
liaison working group – twice a year to discuss:
- the implementation of the regulation,
- the TSI PRMs
- more general passenger rights instruments
- EDF is represented at the meetings
Results of cooperation with EDF: www.railpassenger.info
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UIC (Union Internationale du Chemin de fer) internal
working group on passengers with reduced mobility
- implementation of the regulation
- EDF is represented at the meetings
• CEN/TC 256 WG 44 – from 2009
- standards as a complement/tool for implementation for
TSI PRM
Two regulations on passenger
rights
• Regulation on the rights of passengers when travelling
by bus and coach – adopted by the European Parlaiment,
currently at Council of Ministers
• Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland
waterway - rights of passengers when travelling by sea
and inland waterway
• Biggest danger – narrowing the scope to international
journeys
EDF contribution
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Work with members (providing toolkits, organising trainings
etc etc ) to learn about legislation and empower the disability
movement to work at local and national levels to achieve best
possible practice
Consumer involvement in various fora – European Civil
Aviation Conference, International Railway’s Union,
International Road Transport Union etc.
Key partner in the Mediate project
overall objective: to contribute to the development of
inclusive urban transport system with better access for all
citizens
methods: development of indicators describing
accessibility, data collection and analysis, self-assessment tool
for measuring accessibility, dissemination and exploitation
partners: 20 European cities, 5-6 European experts, 10
organisations of people with disabilities
Cooperation between EMTA
and EDF
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Involving actively the EDF members when preparing policies,
legislation and standards
Mutual projects between the EMTA members and the EDF
members
Having EDF output at EMTA events
Thank you for your
attention!
[email protected]
www.edf-feph.org