| answer text |
<p>The Department for Transport consulted with bus operators, passengers and their
representative groups to explore the technical feasibility of requiring operators
and/or local transport authorities to provide accessibility data for both vehicles
and stops. We came to the conclusion that the industry is not yet ready to meet this
challenge and therefore have chosen to focus on only legally requiring the core data
types for the Bus Open Data Digital Service.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst we do consider accessibility
information to be of great importance for public transport users, many operators would
need to upgrade their systems in order to openly publish accessibility information,
and many operators are not currently in a position to do so.</p><p> </p><p>However,
we are working with the industry to support the voluntary and open publication of
accessibility information and at a later stage in the programme, after the core requirements
have been successfully delivered, return to this important data type and consider
whether it would be feasible to legally require the industry to openly publish accessibility
information about vehicles.</p>
|
|
