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Winnebago Inspire parked in front of lake and mountains.
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Exploring California’s National Parks with the Wheelchair Accessible Winnebago Inspire RV

  • byJohn Morris
  • October 27, 2021
Take an inside look at a wheelchair accessible RV with this review of the Winnebago Inspire, a Class-A motorhome for people with disabilities.
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Streetcar rolling amid traffic in Portland, Oregon.
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Why the Modern American Streetcar is the Wheelchair Accessible Transportation We Need

  • byJohn Morris
  • March 26, 2021
In 2001, Portland, Oregon unveiled the first new streetcar system in the U.S. since World War II. Wheelchair access was a top priority.
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Amtrak train crossing bridge over roadway.
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Justice Department: Amtrak Must Fix ADA Violations, Pay Disabled Riders $2.25 Million

  • byJohn Morris
  • February 6, 2021
A settlement between the Justice Department and Amtrak includes $2.25 million for disabled riders who encountered accessibility barriers.
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John seated in his wheelchair on the tarmac in front of a Boeing 757 airplane.
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Discussing Planes, Trains & Wheelchairs on the Greetings from Somewhere Podcast

  • byJohn Morris
  • January 27, 2021
Wheelchair Travel blogger John Morris recently appeared on Zach Mack's Greetings from Somewhere podcast to discuss accessible travel.
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Rental cars lined up in a parking garage.
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U.S. Government Proposes New Rule to Make Rental Cars More Accessible

  • byJohn Morris
  • December 30, 2020
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed two rule changes to give wheelchair users greater access to rental cars.
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Yellow wheelchair taxi concept vehicle by Hyundai.
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Hyundai’s New Wheelchair Taxi Concept is Out of This World

  • byJohn Morris
  • October 7, 2020
Hyundai's New Horizons Studio is focused on developing Ultimate Mobility Vehicles, including a robotic wheelchair taxi concept.
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Mailbag: Which Rental Car Makes and Models Support Adaptive Hand Controls?

  • byJohn Morris
  • August 27, 2020
Many vehicles are manufactured with knee bolster airbags, which prevent the use of hand controls and make renting a car more difficult.
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Wheelchair taxi vans on a street in New York City.
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Help Me Build a Global Database of Wheelchair Transportation Providers

  • byJohn Morris
  • August 23, 2020
Together, we can build a resource that will make it easy for wheelchair users to find accessible transportation wherever they travel.
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Tesla vehicle driving into an underground tunnel.
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2 Proposals for High-Speed Travel Between L.A. and Vegas

  • byJohn Morris
  • August 7, 2020
Proposals for a high-speed train and an underground tunnel for automated electric vehicles would improve travel between L.A. and Vegas.
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9 Cities Where Sightseeing Tourist Buses Have Resumed Operations

  • byJohn Morris
  • August 4, 2020
Tourists can take a ride on the Big Bus, which has restarted its hop-on hop-off sightseeinng bus services in 9 cities around the world.
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Construction of the iconic Rua Augusta Arch, located on Lisbon’s Commerce Plaza, began in 1755. The arch bears the Portuguese coat of arms, greeting visitors and welcoming them to what is today a dining/shopping district spanning Rua Augusta and many of the surrounding streets. It’s a beautiful place! 9 3
What a joy it was to finally explore #Portugal with a group of my #WheelchairTravel readers! After the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted travel in 2020, this group trip was rescheduled multiple times, but finally took place this month (albeit with fewer tourists). 70 11
Vilnius, Lithuania is a beautiful city, perhaps best seen from the hilltop in the castle complex, on which the Gediminas Tower sits. The hilltop is reached via a wheelchair accessible funicular — wheelchair users ride free. The palace museum, located below the tower, is one of the most fantastic in Europe, with ramps and lifts throughout to make it and the underground excavations accessible. 31 3
Absolute joy seeing my friend @sanna.kalmari in her hometown of Helsinki, Finland! Thrilled to reconnect and enjoy cocktails and a meal in a fantastic restaurant downtown! Looking forward to our next meet-up already! 87 2
Had a tense meeting with this guy today. Really tough negotiator, but we agreed that it’s best I remain on Earth. Accessibility is pretty poor on his home world too, apparently, and my wheelchair doesn’t have the thrusters necessary to operate there. Hopefully Elon Musk and @spacex will make it possible for me to visit new worlds in the future. 47 3
I love Egypt. I’ve traveled to the country many times, but on each trip I try to see it from a new perspective. Take this day, when I approached the Giza Pyramids not in an air-conditioned taxi as I had done on earlier trips, but from a horse-drawn buggy. Minor adjustments lead to new people, experiences and memories! 58 4
Nearly (but not quite) a year ago, I visited the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Penha, a Roman Catholic Basilica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It dates to the 1600s and sits on a hill above the city, accessed via 382 steps or, as luck would have it, a wheelchair accessible funicular. 93 6
There are a lot of amazing approach & landing views in the world, but one of my favorites is this one — hugging the Mississippi River with a perfect angle to downtown St. Louis, Missouri and the iconic Gateway Arch. 69 3
I’m truly blessed to have called this guy one of my best friends for more than 20 years now. I’m going to sound like such a sap, but we’ve been through so much together as friends and know most (maybe all) of each other’s dirty secrets. And as the seasons of life change, as we’ve moved across the country and traveled the world, we’ve always been no more than a text message or phone call away from picking right back up on our friendship. After a fantastic weekend with the guys in NYC celebrating this man, I’m looking forward to celebrating your marriage next month, Dan. Love you, man. 125 4
DID YOU KNOW that Thomas Edison and Henry Ford were good friends? So good, in fact, that they had winter homes right next to each other in beautiful Fort Myers, Florida! The men, together with Harvey Firestone, founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, worked in Edison’s Fort Myers laboratory to find a new source of rubber in the United States. 77 2
Who doesn’t love a historic walking/rolling tour? Some cities are certainly more walkable/rollable than others, and I’m pleased to say that the historic downtown “River District” in Fort Myers is one of the best. I enjoyed a 90-minute tour with True Tours during my trip earlier this summer. It’s a beautiful city! 126 4
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