A popular type of handicap vans these days is the van with side entry. Side entry has become popular because handicapped spaces in parking lots have become wider, allowing for more room to drop a lift to the ground and load and unload a wheelchair without the doors of the van hitting a car parked next to the van. Having a side entry wheelchair van also allows the handicapped person to sit in the middle of the van, behind the driver’s seat or the passenger seat and not in the back of the van all by their lonesome.Side entry vans can have a lift in them or they can have a ramp that folds onto the ground for easy access to the van. The ramp can fold up inside the van small enough so that it does not take up too much room. The lift will more than likely be where the wheelchair will have to s