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People with disabilities face limited choices for transportation — and some are worried about losing an option, if Uber and Lyft stick to their promises to leave Minneapolis in July. Other transit options are looking to fill the gap, but some users aren’t confident they can.
Based on my observations as a bus operator, motorcyclists seem to be among the worst offenders when it comes to speeding and recklessness.
Threats by Uber and Lyft to leave Minneapolis over new minimum pay rules have taxi companies, startup apps looking to fill the gap.
'I use Lyft and Uber like a lot of other people would use their personal car,' said Corbb O'Connor, president of the National Federation for the Blind Minnesota.
Work is underway at the Minneapolis City Council to change an ordinance that gives a pay raise to ride-hailing app drivers, which has Uber and Lyft threatening to leave the city.