Alex Elegudin: Join The Campaign to Ensure Lyft Serves People With Disabilities
Ridesharing is a part of today’s transportation network, with Lyft one of the main go-to apps for so many. Unfortunately, however, a portion of the population is being left in the dust. Many wheelchair users and people with disabilities have said they experience regular discrimination from ride-hailing services. Lyft does not provide services to people who use wheelchairs and motorized scooters. Several class-action lawsuits have been filed insisting on equal access for people with disabilities. The lawsuits assert that the company does not offer the same on-demand rides for people with disabilities as they do for their other customers. Advocates have been pressing on this front for years and it's the fight goes on. People with Disabilities Demand Access Harriet Lowell is a wife, a sister, and an advocate. Unfortunately, Harriet, along with over 2.5 million Americans, faces travel barriers because she uses a motorized scooter. To use Para transit, for example, one must meet