The Biden administration, in collaboration with the USDOT, announced a proposal at the @WhiteHouse for new rules aimed at enhancing the travel experience for airline passengers using wheelchairs. This initiative, heralded as the most significant expansion of rights for wheelchair users in over 15 years, seeks to address the longstanding issues that have made air travel challenging and sometimes unsafe for individuals with disabilities. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg highlighted the millions of Americans with disabilities who avoid air travel due to inadequate airline practices and insufficient government regulation. The proposed regulations, which were detailed in an announcement attended by Buttigieg and other officials, aim to make air travel more accessible and dignified. They include measures to make it easier for the government to fine airlines for damaging or misplacing wheelchairs, thereby enforcing a federal law on accessible air travel as an automatic violation. The initiative also compliments the MOBILE Act, representing a significant step for disability rights.
The Biden administration is proposing to make it easier for the government to fine airlines for damaging or misplacing wheelchairs by making it an automatic violation of a federal law on accessible air travel. https://t.co/0VlNrOFMLv
At the White House w/ @SecretaryPete & @SenDuckworth to announce a new @USDOT rule that would enable Americans who use wheelchairs to fly with dignity. Proud of our work on the MOBILE Act, which this rule compliments. It's a big step for #DisabilityRights—let’s make it official! https://t.co/U0hMP4sref
The Biden administration on Thursday proposed new rules aimed at improving the flying experience for disabled passengers after years of complaints, including that wheelchairs are routinely broken on flights. https://t.co/xFwhNBJhlN
I just wrapped up a great meeting with @secretarypete & his team at the White House about protecting the safety, rights & dignity of air travelers with mobility issues. https://t.co/1KHmBVaTyn
I'm at the @WhiteHouse this morning with @SecretaryPete & @USDOT to make an announcement about how to make travel easier & more dignified for people with mobility issues ⬇️ https://t.co/Y5z7iGZV93
"There are millions of Americans with disabilities who do not travel by plane because of inadequate airline practices and inadequate government regulation," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. "But now we are setting out to change that." https://t.co/HLz4JrU8T5
US proposes to strengthen airline passenger wheelchair regulations https://t.co/o7b0SgHd5z https://t.co/cCeT8fn9O4
DOT proposes sweeping rules for how airlines handle passengers' wheelchairs https://t.co/TlWhZLzljJ
Airlines could face more fines for mishandling wheelchairs under a Biden administration proposal https://t.co/2vIpUKR5n2
⚠️ US PROPOSES TO STRENGTHEN AIRLINE PASSENGER WHEELCHAIR REGULATIONS (Reuters) The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is proposing on Thursday new rules to strengthen protections for airline passengers using wheelchairs. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the…
The government says it is proposing the biggest expansion of rights for wheelchair users in over 15 years to address problems that have made commercial air travel challenging and, at times, unsafe https://t.co/9B0ZYTAfeY