Doug Paulley's Bus Wheelchair Accessibility Victory Supreme Court 18012017

On the 18th January 2017, The Supreme Court ruling made it clear that bus drivers must do more to enforce priority for wheelchair and mobility scooter users, by requiring non-wheelchair users to make room for them in the bus’s designated wheelchair space.
Transport for All (TfA ) has campaigned with Doug since the beginning of the case, which came about when he was unable to board a bus after a parent with a pushchair refused to vacate the wheelchair space. The bus driver on this occasion did not do enough to allow Doug access. A situation replicated every hour across the UK.
Leeds Crown court found that the First Bus policy of ‘requesting but not requiring’ people to move from the wheelchair space was discriminatory. However, this was later overturned at the court of appeal.
It’s important to note that this is not a case of Disabled and older users against parents with pushchairs. Many of our members are parents too, and we appreciate that everybody has a right to use public transport.
The responsibility lies with the bus operators who must find ways to make space for both wheelchairs and pushchairs on their buses. There are many examples of councils across the country providing separate pushchair spaces in order to avoid conflict.
Going forward we are lobbying for full legislation to support this judgement. We will be targeting both bus operators and pushchair manufacturers to help ensure that there is space for everyone on public.

[@dylancarter1831]

It was correct he should NOT have been awarded money. Disabled people have rights and I can understand his frustration, but he had a video on RUclips where the driver told him he had a bad back and he turned up to Edinburgh station, making arrangements with someone else who didn't pass any info to a station duty manager and talked to him so shockingly I'm glad service was denied. Abled or Disabled, for good passenger service you be nice! On buses, just because the driver drives the bus, doesn't mean anyone will listen and the driver probably will get abuse from these passengers who block the aisle so it's not easy enforcing the wheelchair space.

[@prattait7594]

All this guy does is complain, check out his RUclips channel not 1 video has anything positive about it.

[@Skylerjones624]

You could literally type in RUclips "Guy in wheelchair complains about trains" and his channel will be about the 3rd one down when you look at videos