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How do normal taxi services handle this? I really have no idea. I assume better, since they'd have already dealt with these sorts of suits decades ago if they d

• OldHand2018 5y ago
  I looked into buying a taxi medallion recently - they are historically very cheap and would dramatically increase in value if Uber and Lyft fail. Turns out that there are a lot of financial incentives available from city/state/federal governments for attaching the taxi medallion to a wheelchair-accessible vehicle.
• alistairSH 5y ago
  For wheelchairs, in DC and the suburbs (VA and MD), the customer calls and asks for a wheelchair-accessible taxi. IIRC, taxi fleets are required to maintain a certain % of the fleet as wheelchair-accessible. Wait times for dispatch can be quite long. In DC, there's an initial fee (charged for the pickup and first 1/8 mile). Additional wait-time fees start accruing after 5 minutes. Mileage/time fees then get added by the meter as the ride progresses. This formula applies to all taxis - wheelchair or not.
  • rjzzleep 5y ago
    Does it cost the same? I'm all for charging everyone the same, but just seeing how it was in the family, helping the wheelchair person into the car, it's not an easy task. Of course I don't think that the complaint here is only about wheelchairs.
    • alistairSH 5y ago
      Yes, cost to consumer is the same, by regulation. Maintaining part of the fleet as handicapped-accessible is just part of doing business, despite the additional costs associated with acquiring/maintaining wheelchair-accessible vehicles (usually vans or buses with hydraulic lifts/ramps).
• andylynch 5y ago
  Depends on the city. Some make it a mandatory part of having a licensed cab.