A visually impaired woman has told how pavement parking and clutter forces her guide dog to take her on the road into sometimes "very busy traffic".
June Best, from Moira in Co Down, is one of many disabled people across the UK who have shared grim experiences of how poor infrastructure and planning stops them from making essential journeys for fear of their safety.
Sustrans, who researched the issue for months, says inadequate infrastructure unfairly discriminates against disabled people as they try to navigate their communities, with inaccessible routes leading to journeys cut short and isolation.
