IS TRAIN TRAVEL A WHEELCHAIR-FRIENDLY

ALTERNATIVE TO FLYING OR DRIVING?

Christopher Rosa, PhD, President and CEO of the Viscardi Center in New York, lives with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) and often travels by train.

“Trains, in general, are more accessible than air travel,” Dr. Rosa says. 

“Amtrak is still a work in progress, with some of the 30- to 40-year-old trains requiring a sharp turn while boarding and aisles too narrow to access the dining car, but I find accessibility in the Northeast corridor is trending in a more inclusive direction. 

Newer cars have design features that make them generally more accessible to passengers with disabilities.”