Lyft recently launched a pilot program in Los Angeles and San Francisco to serve customers with disabilities. Lyft joins Uber, which has about 100 wheelchair-accessible vehicles, or WAVs, operating in Los Angeles.
equipped with ramps and safety tie-downs. Customers can request this by using the Lyft app. The vans can accommodate only one mobility device at a time, plus companions in the seats.
Those of us who use heavier power wheelchairs and scooters need vans adapted with automatic lifts or ramps, which are uncommon. “We’ve seen really good demand in terms of people wanting to ride early morning and afternoon,” said Justin Pate, First Transit’s senior vice president of global business development and marketing.
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