To: Minister of State for Transport

Disabled access on buses

Ensure bus companies to implement a small design change to make it easier for wheelchair and mobility scooter users to use those spaces plus enable regulations to allow two disabled passengers on at the same time.

Why is this important?

Travelling on public transport is becoming more difficult as the space for disabled passengers is too small with a bar to the side making it more difficult to reverse into. Is it possible for you to request the Bus Companies to implement a small design change to make it easier for wheelchair and mobility scooter users to use those spaces plus enable regulations to allow two disabled passengers on at the same time rather than just one, particularly if the next bus is in an hour's time?

This would make bus travel easier for disabled passengers of all ages and enable them the same freedom of travel.

As a disabled person who uses a mobility scooter, this is my only transport option as I don't have a car nor do any of my family and I'm not the only person in this position.

If you help one wheelchair or mobility scooter user, you help others. It gives us freedom to move around and access other facilities that aren't necessarily available where we live. Also enables us to travel to hospital appointments without putting pressure on limited patient transport services. Enables us to be part of the community more instead of isolating us