http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Birmingham teenager with dwarfism 'barred from buses' en Mon, 18 May 2026 17:23:25 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13177#post-160304 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:40:16 +0000 Tulyar 160304@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I spotted this too - might be a point to ask Ian Craig about Lothian Buses policy on this issue, and work to getting a Transport Scotland Policy on cycles as mobility aids.</p> <p>This would of course be a great idea for a study - how access to cycles as mobility aids has an impact on the health, social engagement, and costs of mobility for a person with a mobility impairment. From observation I'd reckon.</p> <p>1) health - the opportunity to get exercise without loading up 'weak' parts of the body provides health gains.</p> <p>2) social independence - the ability to go further and more frequently without depending on the services of a driver and vehicle, when the 'walking range is severely curtailed.</p> <p>3) cost - personal cost in being able to afford fuel for a motability (says it all!) car, or taxis, or dial a ride bus. Public cost - underwriting 'special' bus services etc when standard bus &amp; rail services can be used, plus greater use of standard bus &amp; rail services, making these more viable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13177#post-160294 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:09:41 +0000 kaputnik 160294@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-28471957" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-28471957</a></p> <p><strong>Birmingham teenager with dwarfism 'barred from buses'</strong></p> <p><em>A boy with a form of dwarfism says he has been barred from buses five times in a fortnight in a row over his bike.</p> <p>Kain Francis, 17, from Kingstanding, Birmingham, said the bike was a "lifeline" to a social life as he did not have "much stamina" to walk.</p> <p>Kain, who is 3ft 5in (1.04m) tall, said one driver asked him for proof he was disabled.</em> </p>