Category: Advocacy
Highlighting community efforts and campaigns dedicated to advocacy for accessibility and systemic change.
Please Don’t Grab: How to Really Help a Blind Person
Lilly is confident, independent and knows her way around. Whether she’s catching a tram to university or navigating a busy train platform she knows what she is doing and how to do it. But for a good while something has been happening far too often. Strangers approach her silently and grab her arm, shoulder or…
Further Accessibility Improvements at Ivanhoe Station
Compliance, Human Rights, Ivanhoe Station, Public Transport, Tactile Ground Surface Indicators (TGSI)Last week we noticed additional directional TGSI has been installed around Ivanhoe Station, which is great news for accessibility! The new indicators extend beyond the station and platform, improving access between key areas and making the station precinct more navigable for everyone. These new TGSI now guide pedestrians between the bridge stairs and station entrance…
Braille in Public Spaces: Why It Matters
A supporter recently shared a video by Molly Burke, a blind advocate and digital creator. In it, she stands outside a Female Ambulant Toilet at Guide Dogs Australia, showing a braille and tactile map legend designed to help blind users find their way.
Victory! TGSI Installed at Ivanhoe Station
Compliance, Human Rights, Ivanhoe Station, Public Transport, Tactile Ground Surface Indicators (TGSI)After months of tireless advocacy, Tactile Ground Surface Indicators (TGSI) have now been installed at Ivanhoe Station – a huge win for accessibility and inclusion in our community.
Accessibility Update: Ivanhoe Station Works Scheduled for 30 May – 1 June
Compliance, Human Rights, Ivanhoe Station, Public Transport, Tactile Ground Surface Indicators (TGSI)Ivanhoe Station will see some disruptions next weekend due to scheduled maintenance. From 1pm Friday 30 May to 10pm Sunday 1 June, temporary car park closures will be in place. Additionally, from 9pm Friday 30 May to last service Sunday 1 June, buses will replace trains on the Hurstbridge Line between Clifton Hill and Eltham.
Nick McGowan MP: Advocating for Accessibility
Following our recent Invitation to Experience Barriers to Public Transport, we were contacted by the Hon. Nick McGowan MP, local member for Ringwood, who has a strong interest in advocating for accessibility as well as a personal connection to our local area. Nick has previously raised the issue of Accessible train stations in the Victorian…