Disability advocate wants OC Transpo driver disciplined over ramp incident
An Ottawa disability advocate is calling on OC Transpo to take disciplinary action against a driver who he says refused to inch past a snow bank to lower the bus's accessibility ramp, preventing him from boarding on his own.
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![Richard Troy Stewart, pictured here at a bus stop near Bronson Avenue, says he was nearly left after at a separate stop after the ramp for an OC Transpo bus couldn't be lowered properly due to a snowbank. A man wearing a baseball cap sits in front of a bus stop.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7093282.1706112152!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/richard-troy-stewart-jan-23-2023.jpeg)
An Ottawa disability advocate is calling on OC Transpo to take disciplinary action against a driver who he says refused to inch past a snow bank to lower the bus's accessibility ramp, preventing him from boarding on his own.