Emily Sullivan (née Yates)
@emsullivan.bsky.social
Researcher and activist - equality and human rights in transport.
Co-founder of Association of British Commuters: @abcommuters.bsky.social
Co-founder of Association of British Commuters: @abcommuters.bsky.social
Reposted by Emily Sullivan (née Yates)
🚆 We share @abcommuters.bsky.social's concerns that @heidialexander.bsky.social has dropped the public interest duty of our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways in order to preserve a role for private companies 🤦
Read more here & look out for our consultation guide coming soon 👇
Read more here & look out for our consultation guide coming soon 👇
Dept for Transport drops main public interest duties from GBR, in major step back for accessibility and environment
Last week, the Department for Transport (DfT) launched a consultation on the legislation for Great British Railways (GBR). It has since become clear that the DfT dropped GBR’s headline ‘public inte…
abcommuters.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🚆 We share @abcommuters.bsky.social's concerns that @heidialexander.bsky.social has dropped the public interest duty of our new publicly-owned #GreatBritishRailways in order to preserve a role for private companies 🤦
Read more here & look out for our consultation guide coming soon 👇
Read more here & look out for our consultation guide coming soon 👇
Reposted by Emily Sullivan (née Yates)
NEW: Dept for Transport drops main public interest duties from Great British Railways, in major step back for equality and climate.
Transport Minister, Heidi Alexander, must reinstate GBR's original purpose to "maximise social and economic value" in all decisions.
abcommuters.com/2025/02/24/d...
Transport Minister, Heidi Alexander, must reinstate GBR's original purpose to "maximise social and economic value" in all decisions.
abcommuters.com/2025/02/24/d...
Dept for Transport drops main public interest duties from GBR, in major step back for accessibility and environment
Last week, the Department for Transport (DfT) launched a consultation on the legislation for Great British Railways (GBR). It has since become clear that the DfT dropped GBR’s headline ‘public inte…
abcommuters.com
February 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NEW: Dept for Transport drops main public interest duties from Great British Railways, in major step back for equality and climate.
Transport Minister, Heidi Alexander, must reinstate GBR's original purpose to "maximise social and economic value" in all decisions.
abcommuters.com/2025/02/24/d...
Transport Minister, Heidi Alexander, must reinstate GBR's original purpose to "maximise social and economic value" in all decisions.
abcommuters.com/2025/02/24/d...
Reposted by Emily Sullivan (née Yates)
Sharing this again to particularly highlight the detail of expert Emily Sullivan's comments on what on earth Labour is choosing to do with the biggest opportunity for cultural change for railway accessibility for a generation.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/anger-after-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/anger-after-...
![But Emily Sullivan (née Yates), a disabled researcher in equality and human rights, and ABC’s co-founder, who first spotted that the accessibility duty had been omitted from the consultation document, said: “This is a huge step back from the long-standing commitment that GBR would have statutory duties on accessibility and the environment.
“Both have been dropped, despite being well-acknowledged as the most urgent social justice issues in transport.
“Even more worrying, the duties have been dropped in the context of extremely vague and confused proposals for regulation.
“The idea that [the existing passenger watchdog] Transport Focus might produce and monitor the accessible travel policies, for example, is astounding.
“What’s actually needed is much stronger regulation of accessibility – closer to the level of importance that safety is given by the railway, not absorbed into consumer rights and ‘passenger experience’ monitoring.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wxfk4zaeq56wwcbdhqsp42ty/bafkreifk2ooymkz72yukpxbd5bufzfnis2eb4d4fyctwn52efq3coot3m4@jpeg)
February 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Sharing this again to particularly highlight the detail of expert Emily Sullivan's comments on what on earth Labour is choosing to do with the biggest opportunity for cultural change for railway accessibility for a generation.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/anger-after-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/anger-after-...
Reposted by Emily Sullivan (née Yates)
NEW: Great British Railways has dropped core statutory duties for accessibility and environment
Public ownership is the biggest opportunity we've ever had for transport justice. So why is govt wasting it and moving away from equality + climate policies? www.disabilitynewsservice.com/anger-after-...
Public ownership is the biggest opportunity we've ever had for transport justice. So why is govt wasting it and moving away from equality + climate policies? www.disabilitynewsservice.com/anger-after-...
Anger after government appears to drop Tory plans to put accessibility at heart of new national rail body
Labour appears to have dropped the Conservative government’s pledge to place accessibility right at the heart of the new national body that will run the railways. Concerns were raised by The Associ…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW: Great British Railways has dropped core statutory duties for accessibility and environment
Public ownership is the biggest opportunity we've ever had for transport justice. So why is govt wasting it and moving away from equality + climate policies? www.disabilitynewsservice.com/anger-after-...
Public ownership is the biggest opportunity we've ever had for transport justice. So why is govt wasting it and moving away from equality + climate policies? www.disabilitynewsservice.com/anger-after-...