This article reviews the legislation and policies which have been pursued to provide transportation for the disabled. Special reference is made to the United States. More than any other nation, the United States policy has changed from one concerning transportation only to one geared entirely to human rights. Section 2 discusses and presents the evolution of this policy, analysing key administrative and Court rulings from 1973 to the present. Section 3 then compares United States policy with that of Canada and Europe over the same period of time. Section 4 examines the need for a firmer doctrine of human rights to guide future transportation policy. This section develops principles upon which such a doctrine might be established. The relevant judicial principles which are involved in the development of a stable doctrine of human rights are presented in an appendix. Key Court cases are used as a basis of the analysis.
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