10,000-Signature Campaign for the Enactment of the Act on Guaranteeing Mobility Rights for Persons with Disabilities, the 1st Priority Bill of the 22nd National Assembly

On February 6, 2001, persons with profound disabilities chained themselves to ladders and rail tracks at Seoul Subway Station,

demanding the “installation of elevators in EVERY subway station.”

The 43 demonstrations with the slogan, “Let Us Ride the Bus!”, the 39-day hunger strike at the National Human Rights Commission building,

three railway occupations, and indefinite sit-ins at the Seoul City Hall,

These struggles led to the legislation of the Act on Convenience for Transportation for the Disabled in 2004.

When activist Kim Soon-seok died in 1984, he left a will calling for mobility rights for persons with disabilities.

His voice still represents the reality faced by persons with disabilities, more than 40 years later.

I have spent countless days in tears, struggling to hail a taxi.

Whenever a taxi passes by just because I’m in a wheelchair, my heart aches.

The occasional anger or swearing only strengthens my will to live,

but the streets of Seoul, which do not provide accessible space,

crush even my final efforts to move freely.

Currently, 100% of buses are accessible for non-disabled passengers,

but only 40% of them can accommodate wheelchair users.

While regular taxis take 3 minutes to arrive, accessible taxis for persons with disabilities may take up to 3 hours.

For 24 years, we have voiced: persons with disabilities want to move freely, receive education, work, and live healthily in the community—not in prison-like institutions!

There is not a single wheelchair accessible bus on intercity routes.

Many Mungunghwa (low-speed) trains still operate with cars inaccessible to persons with disabilities.

KORAIL continues to reduce both the number and size of wheelchair-accessible seats on trains.

As a result, persons with disabilities cannot travel home by bus or train during the Lunar New Year or Chuseok.

For bedridden passengers, flying costs six times more than for non-disabled passengers.

While demand-responsive transport, water taxis, autonomous vehicles, and even drone taxis are now introduced,

many are inaccessible to persons with disabilities.

Democracy with Mobility for All Citizens, Including Persons with Disabilities!

The 1st bill in the National Assembly

Join the 10,000-Signature Campaign for the Act on Guaranteeing Mobility Rights for Persons with Disabilities

This bill does not view accessibility as mere “convenience” or “consideration” for persons with disabilities.

It recognizes mobility as a right, as stated in the Constitution and international treaties.

On May 30, 2024, the opening day of the 22nd National Assembly,

Representative Seo Mi-hwa introduced the Act as the National Assembly’s 1st bill.

Yet, the formal discussion on this bill has not even started.

We call on all citizens: help make democracy truly inclusive

by supporting the passage of the Mobility Rights for Persons

with Disabilities Act in the National Assembly!

Campaign for 10,000 Signatures to Pass the Mobility Rights for Persons with Disabilities Act

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