The Biden administration's recent move to mitigate less-than-stellar conditions for wheelchair users at airports has been long in coming and does not go far enough, two advocacy groups say.
The proposed rule would mark the biggest expansion of rights for passengers with wheelchairs since 2008, Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement. It would make it easier to hold airlines accountable for mistreating wheelchairs and better protect people at airports and on planes, he said.
