The road to inclusive public transport is still long…
Equal access to transportation remains a distant dream for people with disabilities. A recently published report from the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights shows the worrying status of…
Uncertainty for passengers with complex wheelchairs
ElkeIn, the umbrella organization for people with a physical disability, intellectual disability or chronic illness, draws attention to the new Wheelchair Safe Transport Code in its recent newsletter: “In the Code…
Driving judge rules on VVR code
Master John Reid, who has been working as a subdistrict judge in Alkmaar for more than fifteen years, was asked to make a ruling on the reliability of the VVR code in a case that…
Good news for train passengers with disabilities
Good news for train passengers with disabilities. NS announced that boarding and disembarking assistance will also be offered at more than a hundred additional stations this year. But as long as those helpers don't have good...
New VVR guidelines are still a wax nose
The transitional arrangement to comply with the updated Code for Safe Transport for Wheelchair Users (VVR) has been extended by one year until July 1, 2020. According to the law, a taxi driver is responsible for…