{"id":15517,"date":"2026-05-06T05:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/accessible-buses-added-barriers-remain\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T05:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T05:56:18","slug":"accessible-buses-added-barriers-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/accessible-buses-added-barriers-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessible buses added, barriers remain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A total of 12 actions with a budget of \u20ac1.47 billion are being launched to support people with disabilities, including accessibility interventions and housing measures, with an estimated 100,000 citizens expected to benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Yet significant barriers remain in daily life. Accessible buses with ramps exist, even more than before, but that alone does not solve the problem, Korina Theodorakaki, a member of the Panhellenic Association of Paraplegics and Mobility-Impaired People, told Kathimerini.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are accessible buses, but this alone does not solve the problem,\u201d she said, noting that staff are not trained or are unwilling to deploy the ramp. \u201cHow can we move around the city when sidewalks are either occupied, broken or lack the proper width?\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Moschovou, a mother of a child with autism and a member of the Special Scientific Committee for Autism, described the daily ordeal faced by families due to the absence of school buses for special schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs students in special schools come from different areas, some are forced to travel distances of up to 60 kilometers daily,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The challenges are widely known and complex, requiring \u201ccooperation, continuity, consistency,\u201d said Minister of State Akis Skertsos during a presentation of the government\u2019s planned actions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/1302776\/accessible-buses-added-barriers-remain\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 12 actions with a budget of \u20ac1.47 billion are being launched to support people with disabilities, including accessibility interventions and housing measures, with an estimated 100,000 citizens expected to benefit. 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