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Esplanade Cycling
By: A.C. Aberdeen Beach Esplanade has been transformed. Whether that is for the good or worse is very debatable. However, the City Council started this “Space for People”project to use the space on the Esplanade to install two cycle lanes, … Continue reading
The EHRC and Public Transport
By: A.C. Public Transport is not something I use that regularly. However, the National Entitlement Card or as it is more commonly called “The Bus Pass”, gets used frequently when I want to use the bus into Aberdeen or attend … Continue reading
Blue Badge Updates
By: A.C. Recently, heavy national news coverage about the Blue badge Scheme in England, regarding the inclusion of people with “navigation difficulties” and who are therefore now eligible for a blue badge have raised questions by some folk about what happens … Continue reading
Transport difficulties in the 60s
By: A.C. Nowadays, I seem to get distant memories triggered by an innocent conversation. This was evident when I was talking with my wife, on what is available nowadays, and what happened in the sixties, with regard to disability access to … Continue reading
Blue Badge Eligibility
By: A.C. I noticed this story in Disability News Service recently. Its rather shouty headline refers to the situation in England where the author of the article relates his opinion on the allocation of Blue badges, as it concerns those in … Continue reading
National Entitlement Card
By: A.C. In researching another article, I was reminded that many disabled people already have The National Entitlement Card, which allows people aged 60+ and people with a disability to travel for free on local or Scottish long distance buses. Transport … Continue reading
Buses and Access
By: A.C. I am sure that most of our readership is well aware of the issues surrounding the court case brought by Yorkshire man Tom Paulley against First Bus – which is headquartered in Aberdeen – regarding disabled spaces on … Continue reading
Mugiemoss Update
by: A.C. A very short update to the road closure item I warned about four months ago. I had heard rumours from local sources that Mugiemoss Road was not to open on the 9th July as projected. I checked the … Continue reading
Invacar Memories
By A.C. I was reading an article the other day about the old three –wheeler Invacar which was developed for the disabled following WW2 and for use in the new NHS. My mother was granted one of these little fibreglass … Continue reading
The Espanade
By A.C. To update actions by Aberdeen City council as regards my article on Esplanade Cycling on this blog September 2021, I can report that all the bollards, road markings and restriction have been removed between Bridge of Don at … Continue reading →