[NFBC-SFV] Fwd: Rideshare Rally Hotel Information

Fri Sep 6 15:05:43 UTC 2024

Robert Stigile, Second Vice-President
National Federation of the Blind of California
President San Fernando Valley Chapter
818-381-9568
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Raul Gallegos - NAGDU <rgallegos at nagdu.org>
> Date: September 6, 2024 at 7:15:57 AM PDT
> To: NAGDU List <nagdu at nfbnet.org>, nfb-nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Mark Riccobono <officeofthepresident at nfb.org>, NAGDU <board at nagdu.org>
> Subject: Rideshare Rally Hotel Information
> Reply-To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> 
> 
> Hello everyone, please share this wherever appropriate.
> 
> 
> Join our demonstration to protest rideshare discrimination against blind
> people using guide dogs and white canes.
> 
> October 15, 2024
> San Francisco, California
> Uber and Lyft Headquarters*
> 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time
> 
> Our headquarters hotel for this event will be the Crowne Plaza San Francisco
> Airport
> 
> 1177 Airport Blvd.
> 
> Burlingame, CA 94010
> 
> We have a room block at this hotel and will be meeting in the hotel after
> the event. The room rate is $139 per night plus taxes. There is a free
> shuttle between the airport (SFO) and the hotel which runs every 30 minutes.
> The hotel has a restaurant which serves breakfast and dinner. We will
> provide transportation from the hotel to the UBER rally, then to the Lyft
> rally, and then back to the hotel. Space is limited and the special rate
> ends on September 27, so please make your reservation early. We assume most
> folks will want to arrive on Monday, October 14 and depart Wednesday,
> October 16 but the rate is available for three additional days before and
> after the October 14-16 dates in case you want to extend your visit. Please
> note that President Riccobono will be conducting a post-rally meeting in the
> hotel's Plaza Ballroom at 5:30 p.m. (Pacific Time) that all rally attendees
> are encouraged to attend.
> 
> You can make your reservation by calling the hotel at 650-342-9200 and
> asking to reserve a room in the "National Federation" block, or by using the
> link below.
> 
> https://www.crowneplaza.com/redirect?path=asearch
> <https://www.crowneplaza.com/redirect?path=asearch&brandCode=CP&localeCode=e
> n&regionCode=1&hotelCode=URLCA&checkInDate=14&checkInMonthYear=092024&checkO
> utDate=16&checkOutMonthYear=092024&rateCode=6CBARC&_PMID=99801505&GPC=BLD&cn
> =no&viewfullsite=true>
> &brandCode=CP&localeCode=en&regionCode=1&hotelCode=URLCA&checkInDate=14&chec
> kInMonthYear=092024&checkOutDate=16&checkOutMonthYear=092024&rateCode=6CBARC
> &_PMID=99801505&GPC=BLD&cn=no&viewfullsite=true
> 
> The Uber rally will begin at 10:00 a.m. and the Lyft rally will end at 3:00
> p.m.
> 
> 
> 
> Guiding Eyes for the Blind has agreed to support and participate in the
> event, and we are working to contact other guide dog schools.
> 
> 
> 
> We are hoping to have at least one guide dog user from every affiliate in
> attendance. If your affiliate needs financial support, the affiliate
> president should contact President Riccobono at officeof
> <mailto:thepresident at nfb.org> thepresident at nfb.org.
> 
> 
> 
> Additional background Information
> 
> As reported in the 2024 Presidential Report, "both of the leading
> [rideshare] companies, Lyft and Uber, are failing to meet their obligations
> to ensure that blind individuals are not discriminated against. While we
> continue to hold regular meetings with both companies in good faith to
> improve their policies and practices, there is rarely a day that goes by
> when we do not learn of another ride denied to a blind person.We will take
> all of the courageous steps necessary to stop this second-class treatment."
> 
> Rideshare Requirements
> 
> *    Drivers must not discriminate; they must pick up blind passengers.
> *    Rideshare companies need a Zero Tolerance Policy for violators.
> *    Rideshare companies must reduce the burden imposed on blind
> passengers to report denials when they happen.
> *    Rideshare companies must deliver better driver education on the
> policy and laws regarding blind passengers, especially guide dog users.
> 
> Uber and Lyft are not meeting these requirements. The discrimination must
> end. Don't deny; let us ride.
> 
> Submit Interest Form to Attend
> 
> Please let us know if you are interested in attending this demonstration on
> October 15 by submitting the Rideshare Rally Interest Form. We will be
> sharing more information regarding the logistics, rally route, and Rideshare
> Rally details in the coming weeks. By completing the form, you are not
> obligated to attend.
> 
> <https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=35363&qid=10217548> Rideshare Rally
> Interest Form
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Raul Gallegos, President
> 
> National Association of Guide Dog Users
> 
> (346) 439-7444 . rgallegos at nagdu.org <mailto:rgallegos at nagdu.org>
> 
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