Barry Dadon: Ride-hailing services should accommodate to disabled customers

I read an interesting article in the San Diego Union-Tribune the other day. I check out the newspaper every now and then because I used to be a business owner in San Diego before I moved back to Los Angeles.

The article says some handicapped people in New York are currently trying to push for legislation to make sure that ride-hailing services like Uber will have more vehicles in the future that are accessible for wheelchairs.

As a former luxury transportation service provider, I, Barry Dadon, think this is a wonderful idea. As ride-hailing services are becoming increasingly more popular, they should accommodate to all types of customers, including the handicapped.

Those pushing for such services argue that transportation needs to be regulated under the Americans with Disabilities Act. I agree.

In New York, there are about 1.2 million people throughout the state who have disabilities, according to the Associated Press article I was reading. Some people in the Big Apple have to wait extra long periods of time to get wheelchair-accessible rides. That’s not fair in my opinion.

People who are handicapped shouldn’t have to wait any longer than the rest of us for a taxi.

There are reportedly about 14,000 yellow taxis in New York. Apparently half of them will be handicapped-accessible by the year 2020. That’s a step in the right direction. Hopefully ride-hailing services will also continue to add more handicapped-accessible vehicles to their fleets in the near future.

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