The challenges of making improvements to bus services for disabled people were highlighted this week.
Bill Campbell, operations director for Lothian Buses, told the Scottish Parliament’s equal opportunities committee: ‘Any provision targeted at any one disabled group may conflict with the needs of another.’ He pointed to the fact that providing a wheelchair space on a bus would mean that somebody who could walk with difficulty would take longer to reach a seat.
The MSPs on the committee are attempting to identify the obstacles that prevent disabled people from accessing jobs, education and leisure facilities.