Taxis: Picking up people with disabilities
Ziggi | Mar 25, 2010 | Comments 3
It looks like police in Boston are serious about Taxi drivers opting to not pick up wheelchair users. They recently initiated a sting operation to emphasize how serious they really are.
People who use wheelchairs in Boston can take heart in several pieces of good news. First, Boston police are serious about enforcing laws that require cab drivers to pick up passengers with wheelchairs. The police have been conducting sting operations for a month and a half, with undercover officers posing as fares. And in that time, they’ve found no violations — which means cabdrivers seem serious about the law, as well.
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The direct link to the article is http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/03/24/taxis_picking_up_people_with_disabilities/
[...] Taxis: Picking up people with disabilities Ziggi Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:34:41 GMT [...]
What the Boston P.D. did concerning wheelchair-accessible taxi trips makes me believe that there is sensitive leadership at that P.D. As a New Yorker, leaders at our Taxi & Limousine Commission like to “boast” that our 239 accessible cabs gives NYC the most accessible taxis of any city in the country. The 239 amount to less than 2% of the entire yellow cab fleet! Boast-worthy? I don’t think so. We need more accessible cabs in NYC, and because I’ve heard stories of accessible taxis speeding away from wheelchair-using New Yorkers trying to hail them, we need a similar NYPD sting, too.