The Architect’s Newspaper
A Bronx subway station remains inaccessible to wheelchairs despite a major overhaul.
Coverage Archive
DNAinfo
MTA’s $21m renovation failed to make a Bronx train station wheelchair accessible.
POLITICO
DRA sues state of New York over inaccessible voter registration forms.
WNYC News
DRA sues the New York State Board of Elections and Department of Motor Vehicles for discrimination against voters with disabilities.
Public New Service
New York’s online voter-registration system doesn’t work for people who are blind.
Gothamist
NYC’s paratransit system Access-A-Ride left New Yorkers stranded over 31,000 times in 2015.
Consumerist
More than a year after the National Federation of the Blind of California filed a lawsuit accusing Uber drivers of discriminating against passengers waiting for rides with service animals, the two sides announced they’ve reached a settlement.
SFGate
Uber is settling a discrimination suit by blind passengers with an agreement to carry the passengers’ guide dogs in their vehicles and to fire drivers who refuse
PC Magazine
Uber will now be a lot stricter against drivers that refuse to transport blind passengers and their service animals, and the National Federation of the Blind will be checking up on the company’s efforts.
Mercury News
Uber and advocates for the blind have reached a lawsuit settlement in which the ride-hailing company agrees to require that existing and new drivers confirm they understand their legal obligations to transport riders with guide dogs or other service animals