[Nebraska-Students] Advocating for Change in Rideshare Services

[Jamie K. Richey]

Greetings,

 

Please read the below announcements from the national office regarding
rideshare services.

 

On Thursday, July 27 a Uber Town Hall meeting was held.  Approximately three
hundred people participated. Uber will be conducting a second town hall
meeting regarding service animals on

Wednesday, August 16, at 8:30 p.m., eastern

Please stay tuned for Zoom information, which will be available in the
coming weeks. 

 

The National Federation of the Blind encourages individuals who are denied
access to an Uber or Lyft vehicle due to the presence of a service animal or
otherwise on the basis of blindness to file complaints with the Civil Rights
division of the US Department of Justice. Complaints of each incident can be
filed using the following online form:

 <https://civilrights.justice.gov/report/> civilrights.justice.gov/report/.

 

Individuals who file complaints through this multi-step online form should
download or print a copy of the confirmation screen, which contains the text
of the complaint and the record number (example 123987-ABC). The text of a
submitted complaint is not currently included in the confirmation email or
easily available after you leave the submission screen.

 

We are asking members to forward the email confirmation of the complaints or
send their record numbers to

 <mailto:legal at nfb.org> legal at nfb.org 

so that our legal team may follow up in further advocacy. Submitting an
online complaint through the above website should generate a confirmation
email from  <mailto:civilrightsdonotreply at mail.civilrights.usdoj.gov>
civilrightsdonotreply at mail.civilrights.usdoj.gov. 

Note that the Department of Justice has significant enforcement power under
the Americans with Disabilities Act. Several of our members participated in
a recent multi-million-dollar settlement involving discriminatory wait-time
fees. Individuals can learn more about that case at the following website:

 <https://www.justice.gov/crt/case/united-states-v-uber-technologies-inc>
justice.gov/crt/case/united-states-v-uber-technologies-inc.

 

Please help us advocate for change in the rideshare space by submitting your
complaints to the US DOJ and forwarding the confirmation emails so we can
follow up.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jamie K. Richey, President

National Federation of the Blind of Nebraska

 

Office: (402) 477-7711

E-Mail: president at ne.nfb.org <mailto:president at ne.nfb.org> 

Website: www.ne.nfb.org <http://www.ne.nfb.org> 

 

The National Federation of the Blind of Nebraska knows that blindness is not
the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.