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Since 2000 we have invested £80m in 465 low floor, easy access buses which accounts for two thirds of our bus fleet.

Low floor easy access buses feature:

• Low entrances that kneel to kerb height.
• Flat floor at the front.
• Retractable boarding ramp for ease of wheelchair access.
• Space for a wheelchair.
• High visibility hand rails.
• Spacious and bright interiors.

Our drivers are also specially trained to help all our passengers enjoy the full benefits of these buses.

To help make travelling on low floor easy access buses a great experience for everyone, please follow these "travel tips":

Wheelchair users:

• Park the wheelchair with the persons back towards the direction of travel.
• Apply the brake.
• The driver will wait until this is done before moving the bus.
• Parents with buggies:
• If the wheelchair space is unoccupied, one unfolded buggy is allowed to use the space.
• Park the buggy with the childs back to the direction of travel.
• Apply the brake.
• Please be prepared to fold the buggy if the buggy area is full.
• Please be prepared to give up the buggy parking area and fold the buggy if a wheelchair user requires the space.

Other passengers:

• Please vacate the wheelchair space if it is required by a wheelchair user.

Motorists:

• Please don?t park on or near bus stops. This prevents the bus driver from getting close to the kerb, which he or she needs to do to let people with buggies, wheelchair users and the infirm get on and off the bus.

Our easy access services:

• Under normal circumstances, most journeys on the following bus services will be operated by low floor easy access buses: 2 3 4 7 8 10 11 X12 13 16 17 22 24 25 X25 26 X26 27 29 30 31 X31 33 34 35 36 37/47 38 41 44 45 X47 X48 49 100 NightBuses

On-board access for Mobility Scooters:

• We regret to inform our customers we can not currently allow mobility scooters on board Lothian Buses, Airlink or Tour Buses. Statutory requirements necessitate that we must keep the designated wheelchair space on our buses free for its intended use as best we can. In this situation, and given the variety of scooter models and sizes, we can not accurately judge whether we would be able to accommodate all types and would not wish to discriminate on this basis. We hope, in time, that there will be progress in standardising scooter models to make them more "bus-friendly." In this way we look forward to one day successfully integrating this mode of transport alongside existing reserved space for wheelchair users.

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