Taxi medallion owners facing a new deadline for making their vehicles wheelchair accessible by next March say conversion costs could take cabbies off the road. Drivers and taxi industry workers pushed ...
NEW YORK (AP) – Getting around New York City in a wheelchair has long been an exercise in frustration, but it could become easier after officials announced a legal settlement Friday mandating that at ...
Naider Henry still owes a lot of money on his taxi medallion, which lost value after the rapid growth of the for-hire vehicle industry. Now, he has two weeks to get a new taxi. A judge ordered the ...
A federal judge has ordered the Taxi and Limousine Commission to make all new taxis wheelchair-accessible until New York City meets the 50% threshold it agreed to in a 2013 settlement agreement. The ...
ATLANTA - Finding a ride in a pinch is a luxury that state Rep. Rusty Kidd hasn’t had in 16 years, which is how long the Milledgeville lawmaker has used an electric wheelchair. It can take a day or ...
Advocates for disabled people want a federal judge to enforce an agreement by the Taxi and Limousine Commission to make half of New York City’s yellow taxicabs wheelchair accessible. The filing in ...
The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) celebrated a major milestone on Thursday as half of its active NYC taxis are now wheelchair accessible. TLC Commissioner David Do made the announcement ...
Every new yellow taxi in New York City must be wheelchair accessible under rules finalized by the Taxi and Limousine Commission on Friday, marking the latest step by officials to comply with a federal ...
On the afternoon we caught up with Kelly Mack, she just needed a ride to the grocery store. "This is the part where you kind of wait and see," said Mack, watching her phone. She’s used a wheelchair ...
Yorkshire charity Disability Action Yorkshire and North Yorkshire Disability Forum Accessible Transport Group are urging the ...