EWN reports that bus company Putco has launched a prototype vehicle designed to offer accessible transport to people with disabilities.
The new bus has a roll-out ramp feature, giving access to wheelchair users, persons with mobility, hearing and other sensory disabilities. The bus is also able to drop lower near pavements to allow for further accessibility. On Friday, the company hosted a consultative session with the SA Disability Alliance and the National Council for Persons with Disabilities to get more suggestions on how the features on the bus can be improved. Mobility-impaired activist Mandy Lattimore indicated: "One wants equality because that’s what universal access is, it’s equality, it’s equal rights to access and to be able to work and to get to work. How do you get to work even if you find a place that’s accessible and will employ you?” The company said it will have six buses in operation after concluding consultations.
- Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Jabulile Mbatha at EWN
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