2015-04-11 16:41:10 +0100
To: Transport For London
No limitations: STOP discrimination for disabled transport users NOW.
To add more step-free access for both North Acton and Northolt station that can take wheelchair and buggy users from the streets right onto the trains.
Why is this important?
No Limitations was established by a group of seven creative minds that still stand today, in partnership with “The Challenge” and “Heathrow Community Fund”, to build more step-free access across all London Underground stations from the streets right onto the train.
We all know that there are barely any facilities available, such as lifts and ramps to help disabled users access the tube. It’s for that reason why this campaign No Limitations is aimed to help disabled and buggy users access the London Underground with ease. So far there are only 66 out of 270 tube stations that have disabled access- but it’s not enough! However we can help make a change. By signing this petition, you will help to speed up the process of providing more facilities for disabled users.
Did you know that only 38 stations out of the entire London Underground network have step-free access from the streets right onto the trains.
Our first mission is to have step-free access from the streets right onto the tube for North Acton and Northolt station for disabled users.
Why was this Introduced?
A young thoughtful man “Abdul-Rahmaan” experienced a family friend's depression (a wheelchair user) over a long 1 hour work journey from North Acton to Northolt Station, which would only take only 10 minutes by train. The thought occurred to him “what does public transport mean?” – “Transport for the Public”. Therefore - he takes the bus every day, which in busy traffic can often take an hour. 1 hour each morning & each evening; for a ten minute journey.
This issue remained silent with him; so Mr Rahmaan, stepped forward introducing the idea of building step-free access facilities for the public to 'The Challenge' and 'The Heathrow Community Fund', which will soon benefit millions of disabled peoples lives in traveling.
“My dad's friend is a wheelchair user and has to travel from North Acton to Northolt daily for work; a journey that would take 10 minutes on the train. Due to the lack of disabled facilities in these stations, it means he is unable to access the train.Therefore - he takes the bus every day, which in busy traffic can often take an hour. 1 hour each morning & each evening; for a ten minute journey. This is not fair and has to change"
Abdul-Rahmaan, 18
