Transport accessibility and mobility
Blue badges, mobility scooters and wheelchairs, accessible public transport, taxi and private hire cars.
Services
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Apply for or renew a Blue Badge
Check if you're eligible for a Blue Badge and apply or renew
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Apply for an older person's bus pass
Some older people can get free travel on local buses - contact your council to check your eligibility and apply for a bus pass
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Blue Badge scheme: information from your council
Blue Badge parking permits let disabled drivers and passengers park nearer to where they're going - find out more about Blue Badges from your council
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Apply for a disabled person's bus pass
Contact your local council to find out who issues disabled bus passes in your area as part of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme
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Find out where Blue Badge holders can park
If you're a Blue Badge holder, find out if your council provides parking spaces for you and where you can park
Guidance and regulation
- Who can get a Blue Badge
- The Blue Badge scheme: rights and responsibilities in England
- Tackling loneliness with transport fund
- Inclusive mobility: using tactile paving surfaces
- Determining eligibility for blue badge and concessionary travel
News and communications
- Government teams with charity Scope on Disabled Persons Passenger Charter
- Innovative solutions exemption for danger area walking surface and visual markings at Reading Green Park station
- Innovative solutions exemption for danger area walking surface and visual markings at Reston station
- Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 and their application to home-to-school and rail replacement coach services
- Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 and their application to rail replacement services
Research and statistics
- Inclusive Transport Strategy scorecard
- Inclusive Transport Strategy: evaluation baseline and technical reports
- Transport and disability (TSGB12)
- Transport: disability and accessibility data tables (DIS04)
- Transport: disability and accessibility statistics, England: 2020
Policy papers and consultations
- RVAR exemption: door closure warning times for London underground trains
- Blue Badge (disabled parking) scheme eligibility review
- Inclusive Transport Strategy
- Revenue and Customs Brief 3 (2019): VAT zero-rating of transport of disabled passengers
- Blue Badge (disabled parking) scheme eligibility consultation: summary of responses and outcome
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Inclusive Transport Leaders Scheme: accredited bodies
- List of bridges and tunnels in Oxfordshire
- United Kingdom national enforcement body activity report 2017/18
- Accessible journey planning data
- Households with good transport access to key services or work