Driverless Vehicles: Disability and Older People
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what specific guidance her Department has issued to operators joining the self-driving vehicles pilot scheme to help ensure that services are (a) fully accessible to and (b) meet the needs of older and disabled passengers.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
My department has established an external Accessibility Advisory Panel to guide the development of policies and non-statutory guidance relating to the accessible deployment of Automated Passenger Services (APS).
The Panel has been tasked with shaping guidance on the statutory reporting requirement in the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 to show how the needs of older and disabled passengers have been met. The Panel will also inform non-statutory guidance for APS operators to help improve the accessibility of their services.
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