In 2018, Ansel Lurio found himself trapped in a snowstorm after leaving a dentist appointment in Westchester County, New York. Lurio usually rode home in his motorized wheelchair, but this time the ...

Expanding the availability of wheelchair-accessible vehicles from Lyft in Westchester, New York state and throughout the country is the goal of advocates for the disabled when a first of its kind ...

Amid the push to make the city’s taxi and rideshare fleet all-electric, disability advocates are concerned wheelchair-accessible vehicles, or WAVs, will be squeezed out. Eman Rimawi-Doster, a double ...

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 ...

Kia has introduced a wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) iteration of its first electric van. The PV5 WAV offers several accessibility features, such as a side-entry system so a wheelchair user can ...

Autonomous vehicle company Cruise on Thursday unveiled what it's calling the world’s first purpose-built, wheelchair accessible, self-driving vehicle. The Cruise WAV, advertised to be built from the ...

A federal court has ruled that Uber does not need to provide wheelchair-accessible service in every US market, ABC News has reported. The company's decision to provide such a service only in certain ...