The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was reporting Tuesday that some Port Authority of Allegheny County riders have been boarding buses that have seats removed from the front of the vehicles.
Transit authority spokesman Jim Ritchie explains that 22 buses have had their seats removed to accommodate wheelchair users expected in the city for next week's 31st National Veterans Wheelchair Games.
Ritchie says some of the modified buses have been pressed into service because half of the authority's fleet is undergoing semiannual inspections. Ritchie says the modified buses are being used only as a last resort.
About 600 athletes from the United States, Puerto Rico and Great Britain will compete in the wheelchair games Aug. 1-7.
