“Advocates fight for accessible public transport”

Title: “Advocates fight for accessible public transport”
Description: In 1994, Maurice Corcoran (a wheelchair user) lodged a complaint about the South Australian government ordering 50 new buses that were not accessible. The Australian Human Rights Commission successfully negotiated for all new buses to be fitted with ramps. Then, in 1999, a protest about the lack of public transport options for people with disability saw Citizens for Accessible Public Transport block traffic in Sydney’s city centre.
Identifier: AC00079
Publisher: Disability Arts History Australia
datePublished: 1990s
location: South Australia; New South Wales; Sydney
sourceOrganization: Citizens for Accessible Public Transport
creator: Maurice Corcoran
category: Action
Type: Create Action
Format: Text
inLanguage: English
keywords: Disability Politics and Activism, Participation in political and public life, Access, Advocacy and awareness raising
copyrightNotice: © Disability Arts History Australia, Contributed by Annie Rolfe
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230426011924/https://commonslibrary.org/people-with-disability-australian-protest-timeline/

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