UB’s Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDeA Center) has received grant funding to test two new types of securement systems for public transportation riders who use a wheeled ...

HAMBURG, Germany – This year’s Aircraft Cabin Interiors Expo brought an attention grabber: seating for power wheelchair users that allows them to remain on their own devices while flying. The concept ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

John Morris of WheelchairTravel.org said his chair is regularly dinged and damaged in airplane baggage holds. Photo Credit: Courtesy of John Morris In contrast to the requirements imposed on bus lines ...

Quantum, shown above, is a device being tested by Manatee County Area Transit that allows wheelchairs and motorized scooters to lock in on a bus without the help of the bus driver. Quantum is on one ...

The DOT, FAA, and Delta Air Lines are working to allow wheelchair users to fly in their own wheelchairs. The FAA expects to determine the feasibility of wheelchairs on aircraft by the end of 2025.

While most people's greatest complaints about air travel are the seemingly ever-shrinking seats and available legroom, for individuals with certain accessibility needs, airplanes can be nearly ...

Q’Straint has announced the introduction of Quantum, the transportation industry’s first fully automatic rear-facing wheelchair securement station designed for virtually any bus or rail car. Q´Straint ...

Blue Water Area Transit will be testing out a new wheelchair retention system in one of its buses. The $15,000 fully automatic Quantum wheelchair securement system by Q'Straint debuted Wednesday. The ...

WASHINGTON — A majority of U.S. passenger airplanes could accommodate secured wheelchairs, which would allow travelers to remain seated in a personal wheelchair while flying, says a new report from ...