Including a train delay, the journey from wheelchair-accessible door to wheelchair-accessible door took about 2 hours and 38 minutes.
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Japan already has daredemo toire — unisex, wheelchair-accessible toilets — but wheelchair-accessible toilets require more space, hence the plan for more toilets.
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Toyota, Renault, and VW have announced concept AVs that could be wheelchair accessible, but American automakers have yet to share wheelchair accessible design concepts.
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They can also add more wheelchair-accessible vehicles, which aren't part of the cap — the issue is that wheelchair-accessible cars are typically much more expensive.
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The city also provides financial incentives for wheelchair accessible taxis.
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"This ramp not wheelchair accessible," signs read on either end.
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Technically, the route that Google Maps gave me was wheelchair-accessible.
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There are areas of his school that aren't yet wheelchair accessible.
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A taxi company is also participating, and provides wheelchair-accessible rides.
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Staircases in Space: Why Are Places in Science Fiction Not Wheelchair-Accessible?
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PHVs that are not wheelchair accessible will also have their exemption removed.
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Google Maps is adding wheelchair-accessible routes to Google Maps in cities.
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Toyota, Renault, and VW have announced concept cars that could be wheelchair accessible.
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Most subway stations in Tehran and major cities are not wheelchair-accessible either.
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Google Maps on Thursday launched a "wheelchair-accessible" option for six major cities.
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Cherry Thompson, accessibility advocate, described how few of the booths were wheelchair accessible.
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It also says that Uber isn't offering wheelchair-accessible cars in its UberX line.
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Uber has long received flack for its lack of widely available wheelchair-accessible rides.
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And most Lyft and Uber drivers don't have a WAV, or wheelchair-accessible vehicle.
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Delarosa says the van was clearly wheelchair-accessible and parked in a handicapped spot.
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But it's not clear how many wheelchair-accessible vehicles are available now than before.
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The companies are also allowed to add more wheelchair accessible vehicles to their services.
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In my tests in San Francisco, wheelchair-accessible cars were available in many areas.
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After lugging in the tables at the venue, we notice the spot isn't wheelchair accessible.
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Madipalli said he has never used Airbnb because of the lack of wheelchair-accessible rentals.
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LONDON — Uber has just launched its first wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) car in London: uberWAV.
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There are 27 Minnie Vans in the new fleet, two of which are wheelchair accessible.
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Airbnb guests were previously able to search for wheelchair accessible listings, but that was it.
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In January 2016, Uber began its UberWAV program (WAV for wheelchair accessible vehicle) in Toronto.
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When I gave birth, we were ushered into a postpartum room that wasn't wheelchair accessible.
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The apps would be able to add new vehicles only if they are wheelchair-accessible.
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It has filed a lawsuit against Uber for providing scant access to wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
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Lyft offers wheelchair-accessible vehicles but they often need to be booked 24 hours in advance.
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It also had contractors hastily construct a special wheelchair-accessible holding cell at the courtroom compound.
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Wheelchair accessible vehicles are on the road and our Clean Air Plan will help tackle pollution.
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Uber and other ride-hail services could add new vehicles only if they are wheelchair accessible.
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A few years ago, Airbnb gave homeowners the option of describing their properties as wheelchair accessible.
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Ride-hail companies would be able to add new vehicles only if they are wheelchair-accessible.
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There's also not enough wheelchair accessible venues in Montreal and it makes hosting inclusive events really difficult.
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It did this by connecting riders with wheelchair accessible taxi services, a blog from the company said.
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In addition to emergency services, Hyundai says its concept could be ideal as a wheelchair-accessible vehicle.
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Starting today, Google is adding a "wheelchair accessible" routing option to Google Maps, as reported by Gizmodo.
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However, all licensed London black cabs are already wheelchair accessible and come fully equipped with accessibility features.
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However, the company discontinued the doll after receiving criticism for not making Barbie's other accessories wheelchair accessible.
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The venue is wheelchair accessible and the event is free and open to the public, RSVP here.
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During that time, ride-hailing companies would only be able to add new vehicles if they're wheelchair accessible.
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Uber's "service to people who require wheelchair accessible vehicles ranges from token to non-existent," court documents said.
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The vehicle has a panoramic glass roof and is wheelchair accessible with a flat floor and boarding ramp.
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The board members have said the voting sites violate federal disabilities law because they are not wheelchair accessible.
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A review last Wednesday about the Odeon restaurant in TriBeCa misstated the location of the wheelchair-accessible restroom.
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He designed the space with wide aisles that wheelchairs can pass through and three large wheelchair-accessible bathrooms.
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During the event, O'Neal and Brown gave him a check for $40,000 to buy a wheelchair-accessible van.
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Some elderly inmates will also require costly infrastructure improvements, like elevators and wheelchair-accessible cells, bathrooms and passageways.
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However, the bill allows for all for-hire vehicle companies to add wheelchair-accessible vehicles to their fleets.
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And if anyone wants to put a new wheelchair-accessible vehicle on the road, they can do that.
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The city government hopes that construction of the new unisex toilets will reduce queues for existing wheelchair-accessible toilets.
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The space is wheelchair-accessible, and the online booking system is accessible to people with hearing loss or deafness.
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Through Uber Access, passengers can request UberASSIST and UberWAV, which means a wheelchair accessible car would pick them up.
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Through Uber Access, passengers can request UberASSIST and UberWAV, which means a wheelchair-accessible car would pick them up.
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City officials gave the foundation until 2019 to remove asbestos, fix the sprinklers and make the site wheelchair accessible.
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Her plan was to add a wheelchair-accessible in-law unit on the lower level and renovate her kitchen.
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Often, the result is conferences filled with white academics discussing magnetic implants in a building that isn't wheelchair accessible.
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Adding elevators to 70 stations in a system where only about a quarter of the stops are wheelchair accessible.
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In 2016, it started a pilot program for wheelchair-accessible cars that has since expanded to nearly 200 vehicles.
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By 2020, half of all yellow cabs must be wheelchair-accessible while the new services have no such mandate.
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The park's website also says that it is wheelchair accessible and that wheelchairs are available free of charge for visitors.
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The water park features a wheelchair-accessible river ride and areas with warm water to help those with muscular conditions.
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Taxpayers lost $139 million on loans to Fisker and the Vehicle Program Group, which planned to build wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
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"Wheelchair accessible entrance" will now be noted in a location's "Amenities" section wherever Google is made aware of the accessibility.
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The move is a part of the company's effort to turn the Apple Watch into the first wheelchair-accessible wearable.
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The average wait time for a wheelchair-accessible cab was 34 minutes during a two-year pilot phase in 2008.
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That's why it's nice to see that starting today, Google is rolling out a 'wheelchair accessible' routing option to Google Maps.
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He had a little help getting in the door, but it looks like the place is wheelchair accessible ... so that's good.
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That's notable in light of Lyft facing a discrimination lawsuit over its lack of wheelchair-accessible options for people with disabilities.
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By the time Carlos got out of the hospital, the unit was furnished and ready: a modern, wheelchair-accessible two-bedroom.
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The city of Hayward removed the offset curb, which lies at an intersection, to make way for a wheelchair accessible ramp.
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Through the partnership, Uber will be able to add hundreds of wheelchair-accessible vehicles (WAVs) to its platform across six markets.
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Previously, Airbnb users could only filter for wheelchair accessible listings, but not for any specific disability-friendly features inside a home.
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Google Maps also recently pushed an update to make wheelchair accessible routing an option when planning to travel via public transit.
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Then, last month, the sidewalk record was erased by a city crew, which replaced the curb with a wheelchair-accessible ramp.
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Expanding accessibility by requiring a minimum percentage of private hire vehicles to be wheelchair accessible is another change it's looking at.
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The subway station two blocks from her home is not wheelchair accessible and the bus is often too slow, she said.
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Then Harris arrived, and the three sat close together, talking about social workers and the difficulty of finding wheelchair-accessible apartments.
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The on-demand shuttle service, which begins October 603, will eventually grow to 10 vehicles and include a wheelchair-accessible vehicle.
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In my case, that means a wheelchair accessible property or hotel room, a parking space, WiFi and copious amounts of free tea.
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Maeve brought Isaac to Otis' house, which is so not wheelchair accessible, giving him a chance to throw off some witty retorts.
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Wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs) are unavailable via ridesharing in most markets, or available in few numbers, which can result in lengthy wait times.
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A Massachusetts family was stunned when they discovered all four tires had been stolen from their wheelchair-accessible van, Boston 25 News reported.
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Uber and Lyft fail to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles in New York City 70 percent of the time, a scathing new report found.
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Moreover, not a single wheelchair-accessible vehicle could be located at NYC's two major airports, which are major destinations for people with disabilities.
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An ideal home for the family would be one that is wheelchair accessible which is what the HGTV stars set out to do.
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Tuesday, wheelchair users in the city can request a wheelchair accessible private car by hitting the new uberWAV option on the Uber app.
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Many cities have laws requiring a certain number of their yellow cabs to be wheelchair accessible, but no such law exists for Uber.
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Starting May 30, wheelchair-accessible Access-A-Ride vehicles with four or more passengers can use bus lanes, which are currently off limits.
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To ensure his attendance, the Pentagon fast-tracked bringing a wheelchair-accessible holding cell to the court compound where legal proceedings take place.
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But Andrade's real surprise was waiting inside: a customized, wheelchair-accessible 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan donated by Jay, Chrysler and Wounded Warrior Project.
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Today, there are 1,859 yellow taxis and 655 green taxis, which primarily serve northern Manhattan and the other boroughs, that are wheelchair accessible.
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According to the complaint, Uber offers wheelchair-accessible rides through its UberWAV service, but fewer than 100 vehicles in its city fleet provide it.
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In 2013, NYC settled a major class-action lawsuit by agreeing to require half of the city's yellow-cab taxis to be wheelchair accessible.
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"Our hope this year in talking with our board is to raise more funds to help get wheelchair accessible ramps to families," says Chad.
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The trips will be provided via the company's UberAccess option, which offers fully wheelchair accessible vehicles in three UK cities: London, Manchester, and Birmingham.
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Where it stands: Even in large metropolitan areas, the current supply of wheelchair-accessible vehicles is too low to provide reliable, on-demand transportation.
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"We're looking forward to working with additional transit agencies in the coming months to bring more wheelchair accessible routes to Google Maps," said Google.
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Each car would hold 35 people, so they're very large cars that are wheelchair-accessible, and can hold baby strollers, bikes, whatever, no problem.
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Mr. Johnson's office said that it hoped the proposals would push companies to add more wheelchair-accessible vehicles — a longstanding problem in the industry.
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He found a Groupon and I researched a location, picking out a restaurant in New York City that was supposed to be wheelchair accessible.
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While the company has offered the ability to search for whether a property is wheelchair accessible, the company now acknowledges that this wasn't cutting it.
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Specifically, the proposal wants to place a one-year hold on the issuance of new for-hire vehicle licenses, unless the vehicles are wheelchair accessible.
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Admins can now add details about conference rooms, so employees know how large they are, whether they're wheelchair accessible, and whether they have AV equipment.
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"We're thinking about what this looks like for making things wheelchair accessible and so we're having ongoing conversations with folks in that community," Erlich said.
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Many disabled New Yorkers refrain from seeing dentists at all, since many offices are not wheelchair-accessible, a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Seattle, Portland and Chicago already charge fees and put the proceeds toward supporting wheelchair-accessible cabs, safety inspections and — get this — investing in public transit.
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It's two points per dollar spent on the company's more expensive solo ride options — Uber X, UberXL, UberSelect and UberWAV, which uses wheelchair accessible vehicles.
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Although Uber voluntarily offers wheelchair-accessible cars through its UberWAV service, critics have said that they account for only a fraction of the company's fleet.
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Companies were required to ensure 25 percent of the cars on the road were wheelchair accessible by 2023, and they've yet to reach that figure.
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The city council contends if Uber and Lyft added more wheelchair-accessible cars to their fleet, there would still be a significant amount of growth.
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Because Uber doesn't own any of the vehicles, the company has historically been dependent upon everyday people — many of whom do not have wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
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In its policy statement TfL also said it was looking at expanding accessibility by requiring a minimum percentage of private hire vehicles to be wheelchair accessible.
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More recently, in several of its WAV cities, Uber has been working with MV Transportation, a third-party service that provides drivers with wheelchair accessible vehicles.
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Last year, Google Maps added the ability to see if a space is wheelchair accessible by clicking on the description and looking under the "amenities" tab.
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The evidence underscores the long-running battle between disability rights groups and the ride-hailing companies over the availability — and economic viability — of wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
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A new update to the service adds an option for you to specify a wheelchair-accessible route — though that's just a start on what's really needed.
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The plaintiffs allege the ride-hailing company discriminates against people who use wheelchairs by not making available wheelchair-accessible cars in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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The park, which opens June 17 in San Antonio, Texas, is fully wheelchair-accessible and hopes to welcome people with disabilities through careful consideration in design.
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She's tried to get adjustments to her flat so that it's wheelchair accessible, but she still hasn't received approval from the local council to do so.
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The cap will not apply to new wheelchair-accessible vehicles or new vehicles serving an area demonstrating need in a way that does not increase congestion.
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New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission recently passed a new rule requiring ride-hailing companies to make wheelchair-accessible service a growing part of their operations.
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"We will support people at the Olympics and at the stadium in wheelchair accessible areas," said Minoru Yamauchi, who is in charge of Toyota's 2020 robots program.
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Yesterday was the last day that a driver could register a vehicle with a ride-hailing service, although the law allows companies to add wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
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Of the approximately 112 stations that are designated as wheelchair-accessible, only 1003 currently offer working elevator service for passengers traveling in different directions, the lawsuits charge.
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But though she could really use the ride-hailing app, Ms. Joseph said she does not bother because Uber has so few wheelchair-accessible cars to dispatch.
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This week, he's celebrating a major milestone: Google Maps just introduced "wheelchair accessible" routes in transit navigation in New York, London, Tokyo, Mexico City, Boston, and Sydney.
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But given the cost of buying, maintaining and modifying wheelchair-accessible vehicles, Uber is investing heavily in making sure MV can offer Uber riders what they're looking for.
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But in most cases homeowners who are able-bodied tend to believe "wheelchair accessible" means a wheelchair user can get through the front door — and that's about it.
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That extra change will then go to a fund, administered by city regulators, and would be allocated to black car and other bases that complete wheelchair accessible rides.
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Given Uber's growing popularity, this "substantially undermines" the benefits of New York City's prior commitment to make half of its yellow taxis wheelchair-accessible by 2020, the complaint said.
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Out of millions of rides, the company has provided just a handful to disabled users requiring wheelchair accessible vehicles since launching in the city in 2011, the lawsuit claims.
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For example, the study notes that in New York City, there is a 30-cent fee per taxi ride that supports the city's expansion of wheelchair-accessible transportation options.
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The Fixer Upper star and his wife Joanna are designing a wheelchair-accessible home alongside Tebow, 30, for the Copp family, in partnership with the former NFL star's foundation.
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"As a result, persons with disabilities in Jackson have no ability to call a wheelchair accessible vehicle or a specially trained driver through the Uber app," the lawsuit states.
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"While there is certainly more work to be done, we will continue advocating for a solution that offers affordable, reliable transportation to those who need a wheelchair accessible vehicle."
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As for transportation, Uber claims it is starting up UberWAV models in cities across the United States and partnering with commercial wheelchair-accessible vehicle providers to extend its reach.
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In New York City, it has led to a proposal to curb, for a year, for-hire-vehicle companies from adding new driver's licenses (except for wheelchair-accessible vehicles).
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The proposal would have closed seven of Randolph county's nine polling sides because they were not wheelchair accessible, which board members said was a violation of federal disabilities law.
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Along with being wheelchair-accessible and designed for campers with disabilities, it also offers first aid resources — including crutches and wheelchairs — and transportation for any Burners who need them.
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The lawsuit said that although Uber offers wheelchair-accessible vehicles through its UberWAV service, they account for fewer than 100 of the 58,000 Uber vehicles dispatched in the city.
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According to the lawsuit, from September 2011, when Uber began operating in Chicago, to August 2015, the company provided just 14 rides to motorized wheelchair users requiring wheelchair accessible vehicles.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Recently, Google Maps rolled out a "Wheelchair Accessible" travel feature, which sends users on alternate routes that account for necessities like ramps and elevators.
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I started by typing in my destination from a Princeton University housing complex, and saw that the "Wheelchair Accessible" route wasn't so different from the directions that others would see.
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The destination for our meeting is actually a few units further down from the LocalGlobe offices, which are up a flight of stairs and not wheelchair accessible to this journalist.
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Right now, the main differentiator between the two companies, as far as the types of rides they offer, is UberWav for wheelchair-accessible vehicles and UberXL for more affordable SUVs.
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Through a partnership with paratransit service provider MV Transportation, Uber has been able to add hundreds of wheelchair-accessible vehicles to its platform in six markets, including New York City.
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But that changed in December, when the commission adopted a rule requiring that ride-hailing companies complete 23 percent of their trips every year using wheelchair-accessible cars by 2022.
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Between rent, medications, specialized treatments for J.J. and, most recently, a newly purchased wheelchair-accessible van, the Barbers have spent nearly $70,000, half of which they had solicited as donations.
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The company is rolling out a new feature that will identify businesses that have "gender-neutral restrooms," similar to how it identifies establishments that are wheelchair accessible or accept credit cards.
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Carers will also be able to book fully wheelchair-accessible cars through Uber's UberWAV service, or for passengers who may need help collapsing walkers or other mobility aids, its UberASSIST service.
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Army veteran Gilbert Hoppe, 75, was in recent need of a wheelchair-accessible van to get to his monthly Veterans Affairs appointments and visits to doctors, according to a GoFundMe page.
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Other cities — like Chicago, Seattle, and Portland — have already implemented their own ride-sharing fees in order to modernize public transportation and encourage ride-sharing services to offer wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
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"While there is certainly more work to be done, we will continue advocating for a solution that offers affordable, reliable transportation to those who need a wheelchair accessible vehicle," Anfang said.
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The Pentagon has asked Congress for $88.5 million to build a wheelchair-accessible detention facility with hospice care capacity specifically for the 15 prisoners who were initially held in C.I.A. custody.
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The revitalized downtown area is distinguished by some 24 public art installations, free access to the Greenville County Museum of Art and wheelchair-accessible trolleys, and an array of international dining options.
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On tonight's episode, the Fixer Upper star and his wife Joanna are designing a wheelchair-accessible home alongside Tim Tebow for the Copp family, in partnership with the former NFL star's foundation.
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Amid that concern, Florida's Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority in 2016 tried something unusual: It began to subsidize rides on Uber, taxis, or wheelchair-accessible cars that ended at a public transit stop.
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On Tuesday, Lima's Mayor Jorge Munoz got a taste of life on two wheels in the city he governs, where sidewalks, buses and government offices across the city are not wheelchair-accessible.
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In the past, the commission has approved regulations to establish a lease cap on what taxi garages can charge drivers and to require companies like Uber to offer more wheelchair accessible vehicles.
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Once the legislation becomes law, no new licenses, with the exception of wheelchair accessible vehicles, will be granted for a year while the city studies the impact of the ride-hail industry.
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Through the dispatch program, riders can arrange to be picked up by a wheelchair accessible taxicab by calling 22013, using a mobile app or a website or calling or texting a dispatcher.
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Today, there are 20123,22012 NV2500s taxis on the streets, according to the Taxi and Limousine Commission, which costs about $2200,000, a figure that rises to over $50,000 to make it wheelchair accessible.
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Architects and designers who are disabled themselves have brought attention to the need for a more holistic approach than grab bars and wheelchair-accessible hallways, a more homey feel than hospital chic.
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Since August, the Department of Transportation has required American airports boarding 10,000 or more travelers annually to have at least one wheelchair-accessible service animal relief area per terminal, generally beyond security.
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In 2013, it was one of a handful of groups that reached a settlement with the city to ensure that half of the city's yellow cab fleet would eventually become wheelchair accessible.
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The Taxis for All Campaign previously led a similar discrimination lawsuit over yellow taxis, which resulted in a settlement that requires half of all yellow taxis to be wheelchair accessible by 2020.
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Last week, the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission proposed broad new requirements for wheelchair-accessible service for the entire for-hire industry, which would include Uber and the other ride-hail companies.
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Seattle, which began regulating ride-hailing services in 2014, charges two fees totaling 24 cents per ride to cover the costs of regulating and licensing operators and to support wheelchair-accessible cars.
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Ultimately, the ERC wants Uber to integrate wheelchair accessible cars into its UberX fleet so that people who use wheelchairs don't have to wait longer and pay more to use the car service.
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Trying to find a college that was wheelchair-accessible alone taught me nothing would be "easy" — but I still hadn't quite considered that some later life milestones would come harder to me, too.
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Elsewhere, the report recommends additional changes to rules to improve access to wheelchair accessible vehicles; beef up enforcement against those that flout rules; as well as to support disability awareness training for drivers.
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The city's scant public bus and railway offerings are not wheelchair-accessible, much less the swarms of private buses spewing black fumes that get most people in the city to work every day.
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Lyft, which has faced at least one lawsuit pertaining to its alleged discrimination against people with physical abilities, announced today it has expanded its wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) service in New York City.
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Only about 14 percent of the city's 6463,500 yellow cabs are wheelchair-accessible, and the figure is even lower for green cabs, which operate in northern Manhattan and in the four other boroughs.
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Residents voted for the park in the early 2200s, and today, the 2000,000-square-foot roof features flower beds, trees, an herb garden, gazebos and specially-made picnic tables that are wheelchair-accessible.
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Uber currently offers something called UberACCESS, which allows passengers to hail reliable service vehicles that are wheelchair accessible, or are driven by people specially trained to assist members of the senior or disability community.
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This week, Kendrick Lamar purchased a wheelchair-accessible van for one of his fans, Jennifer Phillips, who survived a car crash that left her a quadriplegic during the Dallas stop on his DAMN. tour.
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In March, Disability Rights Advocates filed a class-action lawsuit against Lyft, alleging the company discriminates against people who use wheelchairs by not making wheelchair-accessible cars available in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Yes, but: Providing senior citizens with reliable, effective service will depend on vehicle accessibility — and retirement communities will need not only wheelchair-accessible vehicles, but potentially vehicles that can accommodate more than one wheelchair.
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"We are piloting several models in various cities across the country to determine which wheelchair accessible vehicle options best meet the needs of our riders and driver-partners," Uber states on its accessibility site.
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Last March, Disability Rights Advocates filed a class-action lawsuit against Lyft, alleging the company discriminates against people who use wheelchairs by not making wheelchair-accessible cars available in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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"We have developed partnerships with several third-party Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle providers to increase the availability of their vehicles in many of our largest markets," said Lyft spokesperson Campbell Matthews in a statement via email.
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Researchers with the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest made dozens of requests for wheelchair-accessible vehicles (WAV) on Uber and Lyft in New York City last May, and their findings were pretty damning.
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The rules, which are set to go into effect in July, mandate that within a year, 5 percent of all trips dispatched by black car dispatchers (like Uber and Lyft) be in wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
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And disability rights advocates have assailed the council for neglecting to take up legislation that would force Uber to make half its fleet wheelchair accessible, like yellow cabs in New York must do by 2020.
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It's particularly discouraging that this is happening in the UK, where the team has led the way on partnerships with local groups to increase the number of wheelchair-accessible and electric vehicles on the road.
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During the year the cap is effective, the city plans to study the economic and environmental impact further and it is allowing the various services to add wheelchair-accessible cars and vans in the meantime.
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The 2179-cent fee has added up to more than $8 million to help pay for city enforcement efforts, including spot inspections of cars and incentives to companies and drivers to choose wheelchair accessible cars.
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Her daughter, Makayla, was born in 2007 and this fall began attending St. Ignatius School in the Bronx, allowing Ms. Morillo an opportunity to visit her daughter's classroom (Makayla's previous school was not wheelchair accessible).
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Last year, the company launched a pilot program that would give drivers financial incentives — like charging them lower commission — if they had a wheelchair-accessible car that often is more expensive to operate and maintain.
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Click here to view original GIFPhoto: GoogleTo turn on this feature, enter your starting point and destination like you would normally, tap Options under the Routes section, and then enable the setting for wheelchair-accessible directions.
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Burkett&aposs second leg earlier this year -- he and his family are receiving a taste of independence after receiving a fully furnished, wheelchair accessible, specially adapted smart home built for them by the Gary Sinise Foundation .
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Walking routes that take into account sidewalk condition and grade, curb cuts, pedestrian crossing zones or buttons, wheelchair-accessible entrances to buildings and much more could be better integrated into the world's most popular mapping platform.
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IPC CEO Xavier Gonzalez was critical of the number of hotel rooms that are wheelchair accessible and does not believe there will be enough suitable rooms by the time some teams arrive for pre-Paralympic camps.
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Given Uber's growing popularity, this "substantially undermines" the benefits of New York City's commitment to make half its yellow taxis wheelchair-accessible by 2020, according to the complaint filed in the state Supreme Court in Manhattan.
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Supporters of the yearlong cap, which has an exemption for vehicles that are wheelchair-accessible, say it's needed to give the city time to study the impact of the Uber-led gig economy on the city.
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The plan is a tall order in a system where only about a quarter of the city's 573 subway stations are wheelchair accessible, one of the lowest percentages of any major transit system in the world.
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In July, advocates for the disabled filed a class-action lawsuit against the company in the New York courts, citing city data showing that fewer than 100 of its 58,000 for-hire cars are wheelchair-accessible.
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" Sullivan had had only sporadic contact with his family over the years, and his only visitors came from E.J.I. In anticipation of his release, Stevenson rented a wheelchair-accessible apartment for Sullivan just outside Montgomery. "Mr.
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When I traveled to Boston several years ago, I was amazed to discover that its subway system — as old as New York's, though far smaller, with only 53 stations — is more than 90 percent wheelchair-accessible.
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That is an ambitious goal for a system in which only about a quarter of the city's 472 subway stations are wheelchair accessible, one of the lowest percentages of any major transit system in the world.
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The proposal supported by the City Council speaker, Corey Johnson, would halt the issuance of new for-hire vehicle licenses, except for vehicles that are wheelchair accessible, while the city conducts a yearlong study of the industry.
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It wasn't wheelchair-accessible; it was accused of overcharging its customers; and, as VICE reported, the shop's publicist pretended to be its first customer in a television interview, during which she raved about the service she received.
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This lack of accommodation reinforces ableism within the art world in a manner similar to neglecting to provide closed captions for videos, or failing to note if an exhibition or event is wheelchair accessible on a website.
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And again Uber looks to be trying to show it's listening, with Elvidge saying it's "working to make wait times for wheelchair-accessible vehicles even shorter and an extra 1,000 drivers will soon go through disability equality training".
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Previously, Lyft had just a five percent success rate for finding wheelchair-accessible vehicles for riders, while Uber had a 55 percent success rate, according to a 2018 report from the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.
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In July, the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, along with other disability rights groups, sued Uber, arguing that the company violates New York City human rights laws because it doesn't have enough wheelchair-accessible cars available.
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Within five years, the M.T.A. would install a modern switching system on five high-traffic subway lines, upgrade 543 stations, make 50 stations wheelchair-accessible, buy 650 new subway cars and redesign bus routes in all five boroughs.
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The company recently began developing a wheelchair-accessible prototype version of its autonomous shuttle vehicle, and just concluded an initial round of gathering feedback from the community of people in Columbus, Ohio, who would actually be using the shuttle.
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Initially, the feature will only be available in Boston, New York, London, Tokyo, Sydney, and Mexico City, though Google says it's working with other transit agencies to bring more wheelchair-accessible routes to additional locations in the coming months.
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Riders earn points for every dollar spent on Uber's various products: one point for Uber Pool and Uber Eats orders; two points for UberX, UberXL, Select, and wheelchair accessible vehicles; and three points for Uber Black and Black SUV.
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Transit riders in London, New York, Tokyo, Mexico City, Boston and Sydney will now have the option to select "wheelchair accessible" in their route options in the same way they might opt to have fewer transfers or minimal walking.
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he intended to sign the bills into law, which would start the 12-month period where no new for-hire vehicle licenses would be issued, with an exception for wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
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" In a statement, Uber said its technology "has expanded access to reliable transportation" for people with disabilities, and that it "will continue advocating for a solution that offers affordable, reliable transportation to those who need a wheelchair accessible vehicle.
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They presented him with a framed map of the subway system, with blue marks on the stations that are wheelchair-accessible—those amounted to fewer than one in four—and invited him to hang the map in his office.
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According to complaints filed in federal and state courts in Manhattan, only 1537653 of the city's 472 subway stations are wheelchair-accessible, and even those often end up off-limits to disabled people because elevators break down so often.
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On top of working with local governments, Google says it's using information provided by users in its Local Guides program to improve accessibility information in Google Maps, like whether a place has a wheelchair-accessible restroom or a step-free entrance.
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"I am othered constantly—when I can only sit in certain seats at a movie theater, when I have to go in a separate entrance, when I have to make alternative plans because a place is not wheelchair accessible," she says.
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The report included information from customer and driver surveys and touched broadly on several issues, including the need for more wheelchair-accessible vehicles and funding for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which receives a 50-cent surcharge from each yellow taxi trip.
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"The model we think is going to be able to get a large supply of WAVs on the platform is through commercial relationships — working with transportation providers who already have access to a large supply of wheelchair-accessible vehicles," Glenn said.
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Some are common to every natural disaster, like knowing which airports might have a surplus of wheelchair-accessible busses for evacuations and reminding the media to include a sign language interpreter in its live shots of public officials sharing critical information.
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Today's news follows a spate of recent Google Maps announcements in the last two months that range from support for wheelchair accessible routes in transit navigation to a Mario-themed driving mode and real-time commute info coming to iOS.
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Big stadiums are all wheelchair-accessible, so mobility is not an issue, and while senior discounts aren't the rule, there is often some kind of special treatment if the retiree is an alumnus, maybe a parking perk or a party invitation.
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In New York, all city buses now have ramps or lifts for wheelchairs, but only about a quarter of the city's 472 subway stations are wheelchair accessible, one of the lowest percentages of any major transit system in the world.
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I made her walk 30 blocks through the sweltering stench of Hell's Kitchen in her date shoes and slinky pink dress because in those days New York buses and taxis weren't wheelchair accessible, and I didn't yet have a van.
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The tax fraud case, filed in 2017, involved two surcharges collected by cabs that Mr. Freidman owned and ones he managed for others: a 50-cent fee for regional transit improvements, and a 30-cent fee for more wheelchair-accessible taxis.
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So, when the snow rolled into the area last weekend, Eichhorn, 34, and his sister Sarah Brantley spent nearly five hours on Sunday building a wheelchair-accessible snow fort so Zahara, 19, and 11-year-old Elijah, could enjoy some classic childhood fun.
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Carers can specify they want a wheelchair-accessible vehicle The partnership with Uber also means that Cera's carers, and the people they are caring for, will be able to book Uber's cars for a variety of purposes, including travel to and from hospitals.
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Back in 2017, an incredible, fully wheelchair-accessible water park called Morgan's Inspiration Island was designed to accommodate people with mobility-related disabilities, but the world remains in need of more inclusive theme park access to people with disabilities, both physical and intellectual.
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But in fact that East Bay university town is a harbinger: It was the first, or among the first, to voluntarily and intentionally desegregate schools, make sidewalks wheelchair accessible, establish a municipal recycling program and limit fast-food packaging and indoor smoking.
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Fewer than one out of every five New York City subway stations is wheelchair accessible, far behind other cities like Chicago and Boston where about 70 percent of stations are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, which mandates accessible public spaces.
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The legal group has recently brought lawsuits against the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, saying its lack of working elevators in subway stations made the system inaccessible, and against Uber, saying the ride-hailing service does not have an adequate number of wheelchair-accessible cars.
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The new app lumps all those options into three categories: Economy (which includes UberPool and UberX), Premium (Uber Select and town cars), Extra Seats (extra-large cars and SUVs), and More (for those who need a child's car seat or a wheelchair-accessible vehicle).
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The Brooklyn Center for Independence for the Disabled, along with other disability rights groups, is suing Uber, alleging Uber is in violation of New York City human rights laws because it doesn't have enough wheelchair-accessible cars available to people who need them, Reuters reports.
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Tim McNeal, ABC's vp of development and inclusion, said small but necessary changes to writers rooms have included wheelchair accessible and a showrunner who ensured his staff members made eye contact with their deaf colleague when pitching ideas so that she could read their lips.
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"The limited service that Uber does provide in D.C. for wheelchair users—offering a connection to the limited number of wheelchair-accessible taxis on the road—does not provide anything resembling the same service that Uber provides to those who do not use wheelchairs," the lawsuit states.
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The only obstacles along the short, wheelchair-accessible paved path to Manzanita Spring, a reed-lined pond that used to be the local swimming hole, were copious ringtail droppings, which looked a little too similar to the cherry pie Larabars I had stashed in my pack.
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Other bills in front of the Council would set a minimum wage for drivers and authorize the taxi commission to study whether to set a minimum fare; create a new license for high-volume, for-hire vehicle services; and waive the licensing fee for wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
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Now, Ms. Joseph is part of a class-action lawsuit accusing Uber of discriminating against New York City riders with disabilities by providing scant access to wheelchair-accessible cars at a time when ride-hailing apps are becoming a common alternative to public transit in the city.
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While Uber offers wheelchair-accessible cars through its UberWAV service, the lawsuit claims that these special cars, which typically have lifts and ramps for mobility devices, account for a tiny fraction of the 58,20173 for-hire cars dispatched by Uber in New York City's five boroughs.
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Airbnb said it hired Accomable's founders and most of its seven-person staff to build out Airbnb's wheelchair-accessible housing inventory and provide more complete and accurate information to disabled travelers, who often rely on a hotel emailing pictures of a room to determine whether it is accessible.
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Amy Klobuchar, ranking Democrat on the Senate Rules Committee, said some fellow lawmakers questioned why Duckworth couldn't vote from the Senate cloakroom while holding her baby, but the cloakroom is not wheelchair accessible — an issue for someone like Duckworth, who lost both her legs serving in the Iraq War.
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The activist, Hideto Kijima, said Vanilla Air staff initially told him he would not be allowed to board the small aircraft, which was flying from a small airport on the southern island of Amami to Mr. Kijima's home in Osaka, because it lacked wheelchair-accessible boarding ramps or elevators.
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While we are focused on ambulatory curb-to-curb rides, we at Uber also have one of the largest wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) fleets of any ride-share company, and we also have something called uberASSIST where our drivers get third-party training and can do door-to-door transportation.
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The company has also called for a city law that would add a 5-cent "accessibility fee" on all black car and livery car trips to raise money for a fund, which would be administered by the city, to provide financial incentives for companies and services that provide rides in wheelchair-accessible cars.
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Andrew Salzberg, head of Transportation Policy and Research at Uber, pointed to experiments the company has launched to deploy fleets of wheelchair-accessible Ubers, and noted that in Pinellas County, Florida, Uber is testing a call-in dispatch service for low-income residents who will be able to access the system with or without smartphones.
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"They brought a new cell down that is wheelchair accessible, so you're going to have the most expensive, most notorious old-folks home in the Caribbean that you've ever seen," Michel Paradis, a defense attorney for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged mastermind of the bombing of the USS Cole naval warship, told NPR.
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But by choosing SUVs, Uber may have driven itself out of a loophole that allows taxi companies to avoid costly American with Disabilities Act requirements—a shift that could require the company to make its self-driving cars wheelchair accessible, adding thousands of dollars to the cost of every autonomous vehicle it puts on the road.
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According to the lawsuit, the ERC alleges that Uber has chosen not to include wheelchair-accessible cars as an option in its standard UberX fleet of vehicles, and excludes people who use wheelchairs in Washington, D.C. The ERC's lawsuit alleges that Uber is in violation of Title 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the D.C. Human Rights Act.
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Since more ride-share drivers aren't going to suddenly start driving wheelchair accessible vans on their own accord, Uber and Lyft have to figure out how to expand their partnerships with third-party WAV service providers and paratransit services that are already equipped for wheelchairs — but it might take a lawsuit (or two, like this Bay Area class-action suit against Lyft) to get there more quickly.
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"Having grown rapidly since it began operating in New York in 2011, Uber provides hundreds of thousands of rides a day in New York City, but for riders who need wheelchair-accessible vehicles, it provides vastly inferior service, or in many cases, no service at all," according to the lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Tuesday by Disability Rights Advocates.
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