Urban Travel, Sustainability & Accessibility

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? Know Your Rights as an Airline Passenger Stay up-to-date on rules regarding accessible air travel and your rights...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? All Wheels Up Founder and President Michele Erwin says momentum is building, evidenced by several airline equipment...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? In addition, the FAA Reauthorization Act includes some victories for moving toward in-flight travel in an assistive...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? MDA, PVA, and other disability-related organizations agree that adjusting airplane cabins to allow travelers to rem...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? “People with disabilities have the right to access any mode of transportation and have the same safe experience tha...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? Heather Ansley is Chief Policy Officer for PVA and the co-chair of the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) Advisory Commi...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? The largest disability enforcement action before this fine was only $2 million.  Shannon Wood, Director of Disabili...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? In February 2025, the trade group Airlines for America and five air carriers — American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest,...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? At the end of 2024, the DOT released additional disability-positive rules that went into effect in January 2025, su...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? Disability-related provisions in the FAA reauthorization include: Strengthening training requirements for ...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? Advocates will continue to play an essential role in ensuring that all the promised reforms are implemented without...

CAN IT AVOID TURBULENCE? The past year featured the most disability-positive changes for air travel in decades.  While there is still a way ...

COULD BE COMING SOONER THAN YOU THINK The headline contains the good/hopeful news. But first the bad. For more than half a century, my w...