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Wheelchair users sue Uber
Company announces health transport program days later
By
Adam Brinklow
Mar 5, 2018, 11:47am PST
A wheelchair accessible taxi on display in Tokyo.
Photo via na0905/Wikicommons
Last week, the Berkeley-based non-profit Disability Rights Advocates [DRA] sued Uber in Alameda County Superior Court, alleging that the company doesn’t provide adequate service for customers in wheelchairs, calling the company’s attempts at providing fully accessible vehicles “a sham.”
The San Francisco Examiner notes that a few days after this suit, Uber and competitor Lyft announced new programs to help doctors and patients get people to and from hospitals and other treatment centers; however, “neither company addressed wheelchair-accessible vehicles” specifically.
The DRA’s class-action complaint on behalf of two Alameda County women and one San Francisco woman, who rely on wheelchairs, [...]