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My view - accessible bus travel today by Francis Lenny (Accredited Access Consultant)
Francis has been involved in an advisory capacity within the Accessibility and Universal Design area since 1997. He moved to Australia in 2012 and since late 2017 has been providing Access Consultancy on an independent basis.
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he motto of my high school was ‘in Omnibus Labora,’ which has two meanings for both pupils and staff alike:
• Excellence in all1; or the preferred definition • We did our homework on the bus!2 Omnibuses, or buses for short, have been around since the second decade of the 20th Century. Their design has improved substantially over time and certainly since my first experience of using them to travel between home and school. 1 My memory, 2017.[Webpage] In omnibus labora in English with contextual examples (translated.net) (Accessed 13 May 2022).
A number of factors can assist with the delivery of a seamless bus service for all passengers including but not limited to: • Provision of information and communication between operator staff members and passengers • Passenger expectations and experience of bus travel • Design of infrastructure including streetscape and bus stops • Design of vehicles • Operational requirements and constraints (revised protocols since Covid)
2 We did our Homework on the Bus.[Webpage] We did our Homework on the Bus - Home (inomnibuslabora.co.uk) (Accessed 13 May 2022).
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