ULEZ Fairness for Disabled Drivers – Today is ‘UN DAY for Disabled People’ and Kush Kanodia celebrates the success of his campaign.
Kush Kanodia stated that:
“I started this campaign approximately two years ago and would like to congratulate all the people and organisations who supported us on our campaign.
Please find below the recent publications for the campaign success and the exact details of the reasonable adjustments for disability inclusion from ULEZ.
Discounts and exemptions – Transport for London (tfl.gov.uk)
“Disabled campaigners have won significant concessions from London’s mayor after they warned that plans to widen the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) in the capital would discriminate against tens of thousands of disabled Londoners.”
“Unfortunately, many cities in England have now replicated the disability discrimination from the existing ULEZ, for new clean air zones from Birmingham, Bath, Bradford, Portsmouth, to future cities in Bristol [which went live this week], Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester.”
He called on the government to create a “standardised policy” for all clean air and low emission zones with “adequate reasonable adjustments for disabled people”.
Disabled campaigners welcome mayor’s ‘significant improvements’ to clean air scheme – Disability News Service
Granting an exemption to all Disabled people receiving any rate of the mobility component of PIP and some other disability benefits* until 2027. This means that 280,000 more Disabled people will be able to benefit from the new ULEZ temporary exemptions.
Introducing the scrappage scheme and giving higher amount of money for Disabled people who need wheelchair Specific Adaptations or other adaptations to their cars.
Extending exemptions and the scrappage scheme to inner London boroughs, so every Disabled Londoner can benefit from new exemptions and enhanced funding from the scrappage scheme.