Type Progress Concerns identified critical to ensuring visually impaired or blind passengers could successfully navigate rail infrastructure and access conveyances. the Buses Metro: The Bus Replacement Program has resulted in 1,421 low-floor buses and had on achieved 75 per cent compliance their with the Transport Standards. All ability low-floor buses have manual to use ramps fitted that can be deployed by the driver. These buses meet aids requirements for priority seating, on allocated spaces and these manoeuvring. Regional: Approximately 49 per cent of the 554 buses that operate in regional towns and rural areas Intermittent availability of low-floor of Victoria are accessible and accessible buses. meet compliance requirements. Inability of people with mobility aids The Bus Replacement Program to board buses and coaches. will increase the number of Problems experienced by the vision low-floor accessible buses in impaired and blind in flagging down regional areas over time. For buses in motion. regional coach services operated by V-Line, 56 per cent of the total Lack of driver understanding of the fleet of 103 coaches are needs of people with disability. accessible and meet the Allocated space on accessible requirements of the Transport buses being used by bicycle owners Standards. The biggest and passengers without disability. accessibility challenge for passengers of coach services is there have been 10,000 upgrades Bus Regional: Access to bus to bus stops including the infrastructure infrastructure is around 52 per installation of tactile ground surface cent of the 6,136 stops. indicators, access paths and Metro: Access to bus surface upgrades. infrastructure is around 52 Progress falls short of per cent of the 17,961 bus the 2012 compliance stops. milestone. However, Trams 100 low-floor accessible trams are in operation in tram Melbourne’s fleet of 487 cars. The 2012 compliance targets have not been met and compliance is currently around 23 per cent.
Type Progress Concerns identified critical to ensuring visually impaired or blind passengers could successfully navigate rail infrastructure and access conveyances. Buses Metro: The Bus Replacement Program has resulted in 1,421 low-floor buses and had achieved 75 per cent compliance with the Transport Standards. All low-floor buses have manual ramps fitted that can be deployed by the driver. These buses meet requirements for priority seating, allocated spaces and manoeuvring. Regional: Approximately 49 per cent of the 554 buses that operate in regional towns and rural areas of Victoria are accessible and meet compliance requirements. The Bus Replacement Program will increase the number of low-floor accessible buses in regional areas over time. For regional coach services operated by V-Line, 56 per cent of the total fleet of 103 coaches are accessible and meet the requirements of the Transport Standards. The biggest accessibility challenge for passengers of coach services is the on their ability to use aids on these Intermittent availability of low-floor accessible buses. Inability of people with mobility aids to board buses and coaches. Problems experienced by the vision impaired and blind in flagging down buses in motion. Lack of driver understanding of the needs of people with disability. Allocated space on accessible buses being used by bicycle owners and passengers without disability. Bus infrastructure Metro: Access to bus infrastructure is around 52 per cent of the 17,961 bus stops. Regional: Access to bus infrastructure is around 52 per cent of the 6,136 stops. Progress falls short of the 2012 compliance milestone. However, there have been 10,000 upgrades to bus stops including the installation of tactile ground surface indicators, access paths and surface upgrades. Trams 100 low-floor accessible trams are in operation in Melbourne’s tram fleet of 487 cars. The 2012 compliance targets have not been met and compliance is currently around 23 per cent.
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