<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Yes, a group of us will have the same issue. We will have to go all the way through San Francisco to get to the hotel. It would be a lot easier just to meet at the rally.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 8, 2024, at 5:41 PM, Michael Forzano via NAGDU <nagdu@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Thanks Raul. Yes this helps, although it might be easier to meet you all at the first stop of the protest (whether that be Uber or Lyft). I'm likely staying in Berkley, so SF airport would be more out of the way than meeting the group in San Francisco.<div><br></div><div>-Mike<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 8, 2024, at 7:15 PM, Raul Gallegos - NAGDU <rgallegos@nagdu.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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Think of this as our launchpoint and post-rally meet-up place to discuss the rally and other logistics.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">For example, Stacie and I are unable to stay at this hotel due to logistical reasons, but we are certainly going to be there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">The address of this hotel is 1177 Airport Blvd.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">I hope this helps answer your question.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">--<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Raul Gallegos, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">National Association of Guide Dog Users<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">(346) 439-7444 • rgallegos@nagdu.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">www.nfb.org • www.nagdu.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Subscribe to the NAGDU public calendar<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Facebook Group • Email list • Mastodon<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">“Blindness is a characteristic, not a handicap.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">-----Original Message-----<br>From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Michael Forzano via NAGDU<br>Sent: Friday, September 6, 2024 2:52 PM<br>To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users <nagdu@nfbnet.org><br>Cc: Michael Forzano <michaeldforzano@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Rideshare Rally Hotel Information</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Hi Raul, Question, when you have the information, can you share where folks not staying at the hotel can meet up with the group (preferably closer to the Uber/Lyft HQ)?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">Mike<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">On Fri, Sep 6, 2024 at 10:16 AM Raul Gallegos - NAGDU via NAGDU < <a href="mailto:nagdu@nfbnet.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">nagdu@nfbnet.org</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Hello everyone, please share this wherever appropriate.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Join our demonstration to protest rideshare discrimination against <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> blind people using guide dogs and white canes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> October 15, 2024<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> San Francisco, California<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Uber and Lyft Headquarters*<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Our headquarters hotel for this event will be the Crowne Plaza San <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Francisco Airport<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> 1177 Airport Blvd.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Burlingame, CA 94010<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> We have a room block at this hotel and will be meeting in the hotel <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> after the event. The room rate is $139 per night plus taxes. There is <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> a free shuttle between the airport (SFO) and the hotel which runs <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> every 30 minutes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> The hotel has a restaurant which serves breakfast and dinner. We will <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> provide transportation from the hotel to the UBER rally, then to the <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Lyft rally, and then back to the hotel. Space is limited and the <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> special rate ends on September 27, so please make your reservation <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> early. We assume most folks will want to arrive on Monday, October 14 <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> and depart Wednesday, October 16 but the rate is available for three <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> additional days before and after the October 14-16 dates in case you <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> want to extend your visit. Please note that President Riccobono will <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> be conducting a post-rally meeting in the hotel's Plaza Ballroom at <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) that all rally attendees are encouraged to <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> attend.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> You can make your reservation by calling the hotel at 650-342-9200 and <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> asking to reserve a room in the "National Federation" block, or by <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> using the link below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> <a href="https://www.crowneplaza.com/redirect?path=asearch"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://www.crowneplaza.com/redirect?path=asearch</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> <<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> <a href="https://www.crowneplaza.com/redirect?path=asearch&brandCode=CP&localeC"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://www.crowneplaza.com/redirect?path=asearch&brandCode=CP&localeC</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> ode=e<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> n®ionCode=1&hotelCode=URLCA&checkInDate=14&checkInMonthYear=092024&<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> checkO<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> utDate=16&checkOutMonthYear=092024&rateCode=6CBARC&_PMID=99801505&GPC=<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> BLD&cn<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> =no&viewfullsite=true<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> <https://www.crowneplaza.com/redirect?path=asearch&brandCode=CP&locale<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Code=en®ionCode=1&hotelCode=URLCA&checkInDate=14&checkInMonthYear=0<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> 92024&checkOutDate=16&checkOutMonthYear=092024&rateCode=6CBARC&_PMID=9<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> 9801505&GPC=BLD&cn=no&viewfullsite=true><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> ><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> &brandCode=CP&localeCode=en®ionCode=1&hotelCode=URLCA&checkInDate=1<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> 4&chec<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> kInMonthYear=092024&checkOutDate=16&checkOutMonthYear=092024&rateCode=<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> 6CBARC &_PMID=99801505&GPC=BLD&cn=no&viewfullsite=true<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> The Uber rally will begin at 10:00 a.m. and the Lyft rally will end at <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Guiding Eyes for the Blind has agreed to support and participate in <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> the event, and we are working to contact other guide dog schools.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> We are hoping to have at least one guide dog user from every affiliate <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> in attendance. If your affiliate needs financial support, the <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> affiliate president should contact President Riccobono at officeof <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> <<a href="mailto:thepresident@nfb.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">mailto:thepresident@nfb.org</span></a>> <a href="mailto:thepresident@nfb.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">thepresident@nfb.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Additional background Information<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> As reported in the 2024 Presidential Report, "both of the leading <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> [rideshare] companies, Lyft and Uber, are failing to meet their <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> obligations to ensure that blind individuals are not discriminated <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> against. While we continue to hold regular meetings with both <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> companies in good faith to improve their policies and practices, there <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> is rarely a day that goes by when we do not learn of another ride <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> denied to a blind person.We will take all of the courageous steps necessary to stop this second-class treatment."<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Rideshare Requirements<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> * Drivers must not discriminate; they must pick up blind passengers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> * Rideshare companies need a Zero Tolerance Policy for violators.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> * Rideshare companies must reduce the burden imposed on blind<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> passengers to report denials when they happen.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> * Rideshare companies must deliver better driver education on the<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> policy and laws regarding blind passengers, especially guide dog users.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Uber and Lyft are not meeting these requirements. The discrimination <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> must end. Don't deny; let us ride.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Submit Interest Form to Attend<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Please let us know if you are interested in attending this <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> demonstration on October 15 by submitting the Rideshare Rally Interest <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> Form. We will be sharing more information regarding the logistics, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoPlainText">> rally route, and Rideshare Rally details in the coming weeks. 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