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Description: | In the 1970s Micheline Mason visited Seattle, where a fully integrated and accessible public transport system had been operating since the 1960s. Her experiences had a profound impact on Micheline. She returned to London determined to do what she could to improve access to transport for people with disabilities and impairments here.
Micheline Mason became a leading figure in the disability rights movement. She was active in the campaigns of the 1980s where disabled people fought for accessible public transport.
Micheline recalls how people in London were inspired by the success of similar campaigns in the United States. However it took many years before the change could be feL.T.. The first low-floor, wheelchair accessible buses were not introduced in London until 1994. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Communities Power and Politics Transport | Temporal: | 1980-1989 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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