More than one in ten Londoners cannot access large sections of the Tube network due to limited availability of trains and stations to people with reduced mobility, according to a report.
The London Assembly Transport Committee report,Accessibility of the Transport Network, notes that existing accessibility measures are not enough in parts of London and do not meet increased demand.
The report shows that only ten of London's 270 Tube stations are step-free from street level to trains, while 61 have step-free access from the street to the platform.
The report predicts that the number of Londoners with reduced mobility will continue to rise to more than a million by 2031.
The London boroughs with the highest numbers of people with reduced mobility are Barnet, Bromley, Croydon and Enfield, of which fewer than 50% of stations have step-free access.
The report recommends measures to improve accessibility, including allowing manual ramps at some terminating or outlying Tube stations, providing detailed information on Transport for London's Journey Planner about step heights and accessibility of interchanges, as well as consulting people with reduced mobility.
The committee found that by 2018, the proportion of step-free Tube stations is projected to grow to just 27% and the proportion of step-free rail stations to 47%.
