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Accessible Transport

The Accessible Transport Strategy

In 2005 the Department published the Accessible Transport Strategy (ATS). This strategy had the vision to

"have an accessible transport system that enables older people and people with disabilities to participate more fully in society, enjoy greater independence and experience a better quality of life."

A copy of the ATS can be found below in Word or PDF Format:

An Accessible Transport Strategy for Northern Ireland 2015(511kb)Opens in a new window

A full Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) has also been carried out on the ATS. This can be downloaded by clicking the below link:

Equality Impact Assessment ATS (PDF)(577kb)Opens in a new window

The Accessible Transport Strategy Action Plan 2009-2012

The ATS includes a commitment to produce a series of Action Plans to implement the strategy. The Department for Regional Development has now published the Accessible Transport Strategy Action Plan 2009-2012 following public consultation.

This document lists actions to be undertaken to improve the accessibility of the transport system up to the year 2012. This document is available below in Word and PDF format and also in an easyread version.

Accessible Transport Strategy Action Plan 2009-2012 (680kb PDF) Opens in a new window

Accessible Transport Strategy Action Plan 2009-2012 (1085kb Word) Opens in a new windowWord document

Accessible Transport Strategy Easy Read (920kb PDF) Opens in a new window

If this document is not in a format that meets your needs please contact Regional Planning and Transportation Division. We will be pleased to provide additional copies of this document in accessible formats e.g. in Large Print, Easyread, Braille, Audio CD or Daisy. We will also consider any requests for the document to be produced in alternative languages.

Consultation

The Accessible Transport Strategy draft Action Plan 2009-2012 was open for public consultation from Tuesday 31st March 2009 to Tuesday 7th July 2009. Please click hereOpens in a new window to view the responses to the consultation process.

Mobility Inclusion Unit
Regional Planning & Transport Division
Department for Regional Development
Room 3-01 Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8GB

Email us: atsinfo@drdni.gov.uk
Telephone: 028 9054 0580
Fax: 028 9054 0604
Textphone: 028 9054 0642

Travel Safe - a guide about community safety for people with learning disabilities.

One of the things the ATS said we can do is help people with learning disabilities travel more by themselves.

We have now published a guide for people with learning disabilities.

We found out everything we could about travelling safely. We read other guides, we looked things up on the internet, we talked to the police and to road safety officers. We talked to lots of people with learning disabilities about what they felt people needed to know. When we had done all that, we put all the information together in this book. To help make this book easy to understand, we took pictures of the things you will see when you are travelling in Northern Ireland.

We hope that this book helps you to get out and about and travel safe.

Because of all the pictures, we have split the document into sections to make it easier to download.

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