Saturday, August 19, 2017

NYC Wheelchair Rule Unites Opposition From For-Hire Industry

<p>An MV-1 van used for paratransit transportation. Executives from a group that includes Uber, Lyft, Via, Carmel, the Limo Association of New York and the Livery Roundtable, have been meeting weekly to hash out a framework for an alternative to the TLC proposal, which would require 25% of for-hire-vehicle operators' trips be in wheelchair-accessible vehicles.&nbsp; (<a href="http://ift.tt/1o3KTUS; target="_blank">Creative Commons</a> photo by <a href="http://ift.tt/2wk0xFN; target="_blank">Metropolitan Transportation Authority</a> via Flickr.com)</p>

NEW YORK — The Taxi and Limousine Commission has done something industry observers considered impossible: It’s gotten ride-hail companies, corporate limo providers and liveries on the same page. Literally.

Eight operators and trade groups have sent the agency a letter outlining their “united opposition” to proposed requirements for wheelchair-accessible service.

Together the group comprises the entire sector of for-hire-vehicle operators, who pick up passengers through app requests or phone calls, not street hails.

Crain’s New York Business article here

Keywords

ADA vehicles   black car market   Lyft   New York City   New York operators   New York Taxi & Limousine Commission   taxis   TNCs   Uber   

 

Follow @lctmag on Twitter

via Limo News http://ift.tt/2xe3AM0


No comments:

Post a Comment