Recommendation 2

The 2018 Inclusive Transport Strategy set a goal of “creating a transport system offering equal access for disabled people by 2030”. Regardless of the status of individual actions set out in that Strategy, it is evident that the overall goal will not be achieved on that timescale. A positive direction of travel is not enough—and, indeed, we have seen progress go backwards in some respects since the Covid-19 pandemic. There needs to be more emphasis on a concrete delivery plan to achieve the overall outcome of closing the accessibility gap, rather than administrative actions which, while positive in themselves, risk adding up to no more than the sum of their parts. (Conclusion, Paragraph 45)