Editing Bus (section)

===Accessibility===
[[File:Wheelchair lift in a 1992 Flxible Metro bus lowered to sidewalk.jpg|thumb|Portland, Oregon [[TriMet]] high-floor bus with [[wheelchair lift]] extended and lowered to the sidewalk/pavement (2010)]]

During most of the 20th century, [[transit bus]]es were almost exclusively [[high-floor]] vehicles, and they used [[wheelchair lift]]s if they provided accessibility at all. (In the U.S., only in 1993 did accessibility become a requirement in all new buses, under the federal [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990]].)<ref name="getting on board">{{cite magazine |title=Getting on board |date=July–August 1993 |magazine=Trolleybus Magazine |number=190 |pages=86–87 |publisher=National Trolleybus Association |location=UK |issn=0266-7452}}</ref> However, they are now increasingly of [[low-floor bus|low-floor]] design and optionally also 'kneel' [[air suspension]] and have ramps to provide access for [[wheelchair]] users and people with [[baby transport|baby carriages]], sometimes as electrically or hydraulically extended under-floor constructs for level access. Prior to more general use of such technology, these wheelchair users could only use specialist [[paratransit|para-transit]] mobility buses.

Accessible vehicles also have wider entrances and interior gangways and space for wheelchairs. Interior fittings and [[rollsign|destination displays]] may also be designed to be usable by the [[visually impaired]]. Coaches generally still use wheelchair lifts instead of low-floor designs. In some countries, vehicles are required to have these features by [[Disability discrimination act|disability discrimination laws]].