Another lawsuit was filed against Uber today.
This time, the Equal Rights Center, a civil rights organization in Washington, D.C., filed suit against the ride-sharing company for not having wheelchair-accessible cars, according to a news release.
The lawsuit says that "Uber has designed and operated its transportation service in the District of Columbia in a way that effectively excludes wheelchair users from its basic 'UberX' product."
The lawsuit further states that Uber instead directs people who use wheelchairs to hail an accessible D.C. taxi through the "TAXI WAV" featureTAXI WAV is Uber's wheelchair accessible option. According to the lawsuit, none of the more than 30,000 vehicles operated by Uber are capable of transporting people who use wheelchairs that can't be folded and stored in a trunk. Read more...
More about Uber, Social Good, Business, and Transportationvia Zero Tech Blog
