Coaches forbidden to disabled people, the Government guarantees equal opportunities

Buses prohibited for the disabled, due to the lack of platforms or wheelchair parking space. This was denounced by the deputies of Coraggio Italia Stefano Mugnai, Felice D’Ettorre, Elisabetta Ripani, who in a question to the Minister of Infrastructure, Enrico Giovannini, ask the Government to draw up a census of all national and local lines, to verify whether and how effectively access is guaranteed to citizens in difficulty, and to intervene with contributions that allow companies to adequately equip their vehicles. “In everyday life, Italian citizens with disabilities – write the three deputies – unfortunately frequently collide with inefficiencies and shortcomings in terms of accessibility to transport, or with the unfortunately famous architectural barriers. Buses without platforms or parking space wheelchairs that hinder mobility “. Mugnai, D’Ettorre and Ripani then recall the story of” some boys forced to move in wheelchairs who had been prevented from booking a trip due to the absence, inside the vehicle transport, platforms designed to allow access even to those who move in wheelchairs, as well as wheelchair parking spaces “. Hence the request to the Government to know if” it is aware of the daily difficulties experienced by the disabled both in transport public and private “and to” introduce ‘ad hoc’ contributions to the Regions, to allow local transport companies to standardize the quality He changes the rates of equipped buses to those of non-equipped buses “. Finally, the Government is asked to “carry out an urgent survey on all national and local public and private transport lines, in order to respect the principles of equal treatment as well as the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities”.