[CEUD-ICT] 2030 Vision Consultation Opportunity

[Eamon Mag Uidhir]

Has anyone been to the Dublin Transportation Office site to attempt to  
participate in the public consultation there? I include their  
invitation below.

On the site, you find that the background information you require to  
prepare an opinion is contained in massive PDFs stuffed with  
colour-coded graphics and gigantic tables, with pages shifting from A4  
to A3 and from portrait to landscape willy nilly. A nightmare to print  
out, let alone read. And not at the races as far as visually impaired  
access is concerned.

I have to confess to having indulged already in a little email  
skirmishing with the DTO on the issue: it looks like the consulting  
engineers have simply dumped the artwork for their jazzy brochures for  
ministerial consumption straight to PDF without considering the  
usability and accessibility consequences. The DTO's booboo was to not  
put accessibility into the brief for the documentation deliverables.   
The consultants would seem to be the main culprits as they have made  
no effort whatever to get the material across in any other way, apart  
from the PDFs.

If by any strange chance you felt like offering a candid opinion  
direct to the DTO's consultants on the accessibility of the background  
material, the contact I was conversing with was at dto at rpsgroup.com

The DTO site itself has had a bit of accessibility preparation work,  
as is the case with many governmental sites, but what use is that when  
the content it hosts is bundled in non-accessible formats?

Eamon






    Éamon Mag Uidhir
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QUOTING A MESSAGE FROM THE DUBLIN TRANSPORTATION OFFICE:



> To Whom It May Concern,
>
> Thank you for participating in our previous consultation on 2030   
> Vision. We are contacting you to let you know that we have launched   
> the current phase of public consultation on the Potential Transport   
> Measures for the GDA.
>
> This public consultation will run from Monday, February 9th 2009   
> until Sunday, March 22nd 2009 and its purpose is to gain input from   
> members of the general public on the Measures that could be used to   
> achieve the 2030 Vision strategy.
>
> You can complete the consultation online at www.2030vision.ie   
> <http://www.2030vision.ie/>  or you can ring us at 1890.22.2030 to   
> leave a voicemail with your name and full address to request a   
> consultation leaflet.
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> If you have any queries, you can contact us at consult at dto.ie, at   
> 2030 Vision, Block B, West Pier Business Campus, Dún Laoghaire, Co.   
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> We look forward to receiving your feedback on the Measures.
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> Sincerely,
>
> John Henry,
>
> CEO, Dublin Transportation Office
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