Below is a link to a list of submissions provided to the Department. Submissions marked confidential or those that were determined to contain private or confidential information have not been provided. All submissions provided to the Department were given consideration in the conduct of the review.

In response to the second review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 the Australian Government has developed The Whole Journey: A guide for thinking beyond compliance to create accessible public transport journeys.

The Guide seeks to encourage policy makers, planners, designers, builders, certifiers and operators to think beyond compliance and the physical and governance boundaries of services and infrastructure and focus instead on people's accessibility needs across their whole journey.

The Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development would like to thank ARUP Pty Ltd, which was commissioned to develop the initial draft guide, and wDr Graeme Innes AM and Mr Michael Small for their advice.

The following organisations are also recognised for their contributions and assistance, together with the many individuals who contributed to the guide by attending workshops or providing submissions.

Public transport is for everyone, with no exclusions. I welcome the development of the Whole Journey: A guide for thinking beyond compliance to create accessible public transport journeys in response to the Second Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport and applaud the way it elevates the importance of the public transport journey for people with disability.