Transport model: Commissioner for Transport Robert Footman inspects these primary students' winning entry in the Transport for All model competition.

The joint efforts of the Government and outside bodies have done a lot to improve accessibility to transport services in the past three years, Commissioner for Transport Robert Footman says.

Officiating at the Transport for All Seminar today, Mr Footman said the Government and the community have done a lot under the Five-Betters Strategy to provide better services and a barrier-free environment for the disabled and the elderly.

The strategy involves more accessible transport services, upgraded public transport infrastructure and facilities, improved street and pedestrian areas, enhanced planning standards, guidelines and procedures, and better partnership for actions and results.

The strategy has so far achieved:

* 2,400 wheelchair-accessible buses;

* braille and tactile registration plates for the entire 18,000-strong taxi fleet;

* talking meters for 9,000 taxis;

* braille registration plates for 1,000 minibuses;

* call bells for 600 minibuses; and,

* lifts, tactile guide paths, braille maps and wide gates at rail stations.

Today's seminar provided a forum for sharing experience and expert knowledge in improving accessibility to all among transport administrators, service providers, transport planners, rehabilitation workers, people with disabilities and the elderly. The day also saw a model competition.