There are hundreds of variations of wheelchair-accessible vehicles and other special needs alterations. Some of these vehicles are pre-manufactured, have endured crash tests and include special ...

For many disabled people wheelchair accessible vehicles — known as WAVs for short — aren't desirable luxuries but essential tools for personal mobility, regardless of whether public transport and its ...

SAN LEANDRO, Calif. (KGO) -- Ridesharing has become a convenient way of life, but that's not so for everyone. Passengers who use a wheelchair often cannot get picked up at all. In California, the ...

Uber has been criticized in the past for not providing enough wheelchair-accessible vehicles, but now the ride-hailing company is recruiting outside help to remedy that. Uber is partnering with ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- On Uber's app, there's now an option to request a WAV -- a wheelchair-accessible vehicle: "There are a lot of paratransit vehicles that sit idle for a lot of the day after doing ...

A federal judge in White Plains will soon decide whether Lyft must provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles in Westchester, New York state and in the 95 percent of the country where the company does not ...

Many wheelchair users are capable of living independent lives, but in a world designed for able-bodied people, essential items may need modifications to make self-reliance a reality. The AbiLoader-FX ...

Lyft, which has faced at least one lawsuit pertaining to its alleged discrimination against people with physical abilities, announced today it has expanded its wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) ...

Mockup of the new signage for Safe Rides vans. With the aid of a grant from the UC Office of the President, the UC Davis Police Department has acquired two new specially equipped vans to provide ...

WASHINGTON — Uber is expanding its offerings of wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the D.C. area through an agreement with one of the companies that has operated MetroAccess paratransit service. The ...