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The ability of public transport to carry people with disabilities, particularly people confined to [[wheelchair]]s, varies, but many governments now require that public transport be able to carry such people.
The ability of public transport to carry people with disabilities, particularly people confined to [[wheelchair]]s, varies, but many governments now require that public transport be able to carry such people.
This can be helped by low-floor buses and trams, "kneeling" buses (that lower themselves to the ground to allow people to board), floor-height platforms, lifts at [[railway stations]], and the like.
This can be helped by low-floor buses and trams, "kneeling" buses (that lower themselves to the ground to allow people to board), floor-height platforms, lifts at [[railway stations]], and the like.
Public transportation also tends to attract homeless people, indigents, and mentally ill people.
=== Freedom of travel ===
=== Freedom of travel ===