[NFBSF] Fwd.: Rideshare Rally at Uber and Lyft—Stop the Discrimination

Wed Aug 21 05:57:44 UTC 2024

Hello NFBC-SF Fam, 

I am super jazzed about NFB organizing the protest. On the other hand, I think our organization is perpetuating the anti-blind and ableist attitudes and conduct we experience when using ride-share. There's a better way. 

Demanding zero tolerance punishes the drivers, and not the companies. It is the responsibility of Uber and Lyft to meaningfully and effectively ensure that drivers understand their legal obligations, including transporting us, our long white canes, and our dog guides. Apparently, drivers can scroll and click their way on to the driver platform. The solution is to provide information, or onboarding that is linguistically and culturally appropriate, and disallow the simple scroll and clicking on to the driver platform. Our energy is better spent demanding zero tolerance of Uber and Lyft, not the drivers. 

That's all. 

From,

Lisa Irving

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Subject: Re: [NFBSF] Fwd.: Rideshare Rally at Uber and Lyft—Stop the Discrimination

Yes, please do. 
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> Subject: Rideshare Rally at Uber and Lyft—Stop the Discrimination
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> Rideshare Rally in San Francisco
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> Join our demonstration to protest rideshare discrimination against blind people using guide dogs and white canes.
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> October 15, 2024
> San Francisco, California
> Uber and Lyft Headquarters*
> 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time
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> 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.”
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> Rideshare Requirements
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> Uber and Lyft are not meeting the following requirements:
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>  *   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.
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> The discrimination must end. Don’t deny; let us ride.
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