A state grant program awarded $14.8 million to purchase the vehicles. The funding will be used to purchase 115 handicapped accessible vans and minivans. The WRTA expects to receive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Expanding the availability of wheelchair-accessible vehicles from Lyft in Westchester, New York state and throughout the country ...

One of the most successful autonomous vehicle companies has finally unveiled its long-awaited wheelchair-accessible vehicle. GM-backed Cruise says that the specially modified version of its Origin ...

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) -- Ridesharing has become a convenient way of life, but that's not so for everyone. Passengers who use a wheelchair often cannot get picked up at all. In California, the ...

Maintaining independence is fundamental for people living with disabilities. Having mobility options allows people with certain disabilities to go to doctor’s appointments, grocery shop, visits ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-- Testimony in a class action lawsuit is underway in a case that could impact thousands of people who use wheelchairs. They want the rideshare company Lyft to provide more WAVs, or ...

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 ...

Alexander Wood recently saw something in Union Square that was, to him, as rare as a unicorn. It was an accessible taxicab that Wood was able to board in his wheelchair – something he’d never done in ...

The council says the number of accessible vehicles is "unlikely to change without intervention".

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Newly proposed rules aimed at making New York City’s ridershare services cleaner and more accessible could completely change the landscape of Uber and Lyft vehicles in the ...