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Hi The UK House of Commons' Women and Equalities Committee have recently launched an enquiry into Disability and the built environment http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/women-and-equalities-committee/news-parliament-2015/disability-and-the-built-environment-launch-16-17/ The Enquiry encompasses disabled people's access to public space (including shared space), public buildings and housing. They are inviting written submissions to the Enquiry up to 12 October. Best wishes Bryan Bryan Matthews CMCILT Senior Research Fellow Institute for Transport Studies and Centre for Disability Studies University of Leeds LS2 9JT United Kingdom Tel: +44 113 3435341 Please note, my normal working days are Mon-Thurs Recent Articles Matthews B (20015) Sharing Some Thoughts on Shared Space and the Equality Act, PTRC Training News, available at: http://www.ptrc-training.co.uk/News/TabId/1522/ArtMID/6886/ArticleID/7368/Sharing-Some-Thoughts-on-Shared-Space-and-the-Equality-Act.aspx Edwards SJ, Partington D, Matthews B, and Blythe P (2015) Technology to support independent travel in the UK, MUNICIPAL ENGINEER (PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS) V168 pp140-149 Szczerbinska-Speakman K, Matthews B (2014) Retrofitting an accessible highway: a user-led approach, MUNICIPAL ENGINEER (PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS) V167 pp207-213. Price L and Matthews B (2013) Travel time as quality time; Parental attitudes to long distance travel with young children, Transport Geography V32 pp4955