Past Activities

Some of the issues on which SATA has taken action are as follows:

• The provision of accessible taxis and taxicard schemes in Scotland - a survey of local authority provision followed by a Public Petition PE 568 to the Scottish Parliament and a campaign for improved services.
• Accessible taxis at Scottish airports - correspondence with the British Airports Authority and airport managers.
• Train announcements and ticket barriers - representations to First ScotRail on problems faced by disabled travellers.
• Low floor buses - discussion with Stagecoach and other operators on their introduction and problems experienced by users.
• Access to ferries - discussions with Caledonian MacBrayne and Northlink Ferries on improvements.
• STAR (Scottish Travel Access Review) - initiating a major conference on accessible transport to mark the European Year of Disabled People 2003 which was held in Edinburgh and followed by the production of a Conference Report and Reference Paper.
• Research commissioned by the Scottish Executive and others - obtaining the views of disabled people.
• Policy consultations from the Disability Rights Commission, the European Commission, the Department for Transport, the Scottish Executive and others - submitting views.

Publications

• Introductory SATA leaflet with membership application
• Accessible and Affordable Taxis in Scotland. A survey (2002)
• STAR Reference Paper. (2004)
• Place to Place. About Mobility, Transport and Disabled People (2005)
• SATA Annual Report 2005-6
• SATA Annual Report 2006-7