NYETA Press Conference to discuss MTA Uber Partnership for Access-A-Ride
The MTA is planning to partner with ride-sharing services like Uber to fix Access-A-Ride. Here was our response.
Uber and Lyft Are Threatening to Expose Poor and Elderly to Predatory Practices
Ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft have grown increasingly popular in the last few years. During this time, both companies have faced numerous challenges to their business models, including lawsuits involving passenger safety and the misclassification of their drivers as independent contractors, as well as accusations that both drivers and passengers discriminate based on race and other factors.
Disability Activists Slam MTA for Considering Uber as an Alternative to Existing Access-a-Ride Service
Advocates for New Yorkers with disabilities have long battled with car services whose vehicles are not accessible. Now they are calling on the MTA to drop plans to do business with them.
Disability Advocates Demand that the MTA Cease and Desist
The MTA is considering including Uber in its Access-a-Ride program. Uber operates over 44,000 vehicles in NYC and, until the company hatched a scheme to poach 40 accessible green taxis from the boroughs, not a single one was accessible to wheelchair users.
TLC wants citywide expansion for wheelchair-accessible taxi dispatches
In a move to better serve wheelchair users in the five boroughs, the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission has pitched a citywide-expansion of its accessible dispatch program.
Uber’s Record of Disability Discrimination Is Appalling
Ride-sharing was hailed as the wave of the future, but as a recent study shows, it’s only the future for some.
Uber ‘Insulting’ Wheelchair Users With Inaccessible Cars, Disabled Man Says
Dustin Jones has been in a wheelchair since a surgical accident in 2011 — the same year e-hailing cab company Uber arrived in New York City.
Hotel-Online: ADA Defense Lawyer: Philadelphia Court Hits Uber and Lyft for ADA Violations
Uber and Lyft are back in the headlines again, but not for the usual ride share issues. This time it is for alleged violations of the ADA.
WIVB4: Wheelchair accessibility advocates speak out against Uber expansion to Buffalo
In the latest in the battle over Uber coming to Upstate New York, an advocacy group is sending out letters to local leaders about Uber’s lack of wheelchair-accessible cars.
Uber driver suspended after refusing to drive man and service dog
A Middle Tennessee Uber driver has been suspended after police say she refused to give a ride to a man and his service dog.